Vitter, Bipartisan Group of Senators Oppose EPA’s Tier 3 Gasoline Regulations
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Today Senator David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, led five Senators in a bipartisan letter urging President Obama not to move forward with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal for Tier 3 regulations addressing the su... Read More
Corker, Vitter Introduce Bill to Reestablish Price Stability as Fed’s Single Mandate
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and David Vitter, R-La., both members of the Senate Banking Committee, today introduced legislation to re-establish price stability as the Federal Reserve’s single mandate. “Providing the Fed with a clear and explicit focus on keeping infl... Read More
Vitter to GAO: Open Books of “Too Big to Fail” Megabanks
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senators David Vitter (R-La.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office, the federal government’s watchdog, yesterday urging them to conduct a study of the economic benefits that the “too-big-to-fail” megabanks receive as a... Read More
Vitter Looks for Basel III Explanation at Banking Committee Hearing
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) today made the following statement in advance of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee Hearing: “Oversight of Basel III: Impact of Proposed Capital Rules,” scheduled for tomorrow, November 14. “Basel III is a mess, and if the r... Read More