{"id":25089,"date":"2023-06-12T19:20:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T19:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=25089"},"modified":"2023-06-12T19:20:29","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T19:20:29","slug":"us-lawmakers-introduce-the-sec-stabilization-act-to-fire-gary-gensler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=25089","title":{"rendered":"US lawmakers introduce the &#8216;SEC Stabilization Act&#8217; to fire Gary Gensler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>US Congressman Warren Davidson has introduced the &#8220;SEC Stabilization Act&#8221; in the House of Representatives, announced on June 12.  One of the main provisions of the bill is to fire Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler. <\/p>\n<p>Davidson <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WarrenDavidson\/status\/1668305460368121857\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">said<\/a> in a statement:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;America&#8217;s capital markets must be protected from a tyrannical president, including the current one. That is why I am introducing legislation to fix the ongoing abuse of power and ensure protection that is in the best interest of the market for years to come. It&#8217;s time. for real reform and to fire Gary Gensler as SEC chairman.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Davidson stated his intention to introduce the bill earlier this year.  He made this announcement in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WarrenDavidson\/status\/1647572722958974983?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1647572722958974983%7Ctwgr%5E588bd06eda632c62985cbab7c9cdbb4ef5292d9e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcointelegraph.com%2Fnews%2Frep-davidson-to-introduce-legislation-to-fire-sec-boss-gensler-for-crypto-overreach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">answer<\/a> to a tweet from Coinbase&#8217;s head of legal, Paul Grewal.  Representative Tom Emmer co-sponsored the bill.  Emmer <a href=\"https:\/\/emmer.house.gov\/press-releases?id=F9BD4F5B-0C81-4DE5-8F65-E78B064CB060\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">said<\/a>&#8220;The SEC Stabilization Act will make common sense changes to ensure that the SEC&#8217;s priorities are with the investors it needs to protect and not the whims of its reckless chairman.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to Fox News, the bill would do just that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-republicans-introduce-bill-remove-sec-chair-gary-gensler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">remove<\/a> Gensler from office and redistribute power between the SEC chairman and commissioners.  It would also add a sixth commissioner to the agency, bar any party from having a majority on the commission and create an executive director position.<\/p>\n<p>Although the lawmakers did not mention cryptocurrency in their remarks, both Davidson and Emmer are known to be pro-crypto and critical of Gensler&#8217;s leadership at the SEC.  Emmer, for example, has called Gensler a &#8220;bad faith regulator&#8221; and Davidson is the vice chair of the House Financial Services Committee&#8217;s new Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion.<\/p>\n<p>Cointelegraph has reached out to the SEC for comment and will update this story if it hears back. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/breaking-us-lawmakers-file-sec-stabilization-act-to-fire-gary-gensler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Congressman Warren Davidson has introduced the &#8220;SEC Stabilization Act&#8221; in the House of Representatives, announced on June 12. One of the main provisions of the bill is to fire Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler. Davidson said in a statement: &#8220;America&#8217;s capital markets must be protected from a tyrannical president, including the current one. That is why I am introducing legislation to fix the ongoing abuse of power and ensure protection that is in the best interest of the market for years to come. It&#8217;s time. for real reform and to fire Gary Gensler as SEC chairman.&#8221;&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":25090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25089"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25091,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25089\/revisions\/25091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}