Banking Committee Hearing, “Oversight of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission”

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs · February 12, 2026

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Opening statements and policy priorities

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Chairman Scott opened the hearing, praised new SEC leadership and introduced SEC Chairman Paul Atkins; he urged Congress to advance market-structure legislation (Empowering Main Street in America Act) and the Clarity Act for digital assets to provide "clear rules of the road" for crypto and capital formation.

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Hearing of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs with SEC Chairman Paul Atkins on the agency's priorities, enforcement activity, digital assets, AI and market-structure proposals; senators pressed Atkins on dropped cases, staffing, crypto rulemaking, China-based issuers, and proxy advisory firms.

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