The Senate Judiciary Committee approves Loretta Lynch for Attorney General, the EPA approves new climate-friendly refrigerants, and more…
- The U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary approved Loretta Lynch to be Attorney General.
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the use of new climate-friendly refrigerants.
- Howard Shelanski, Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), testified before Congress on challenges facing OIRA.
- The Federal Transit Administration proposed a rule to increase state safety oversight of commuter rails and subways.
- The Obama Administration proposed the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2015.
- The U.S. Senate introduced a bill to fight slavery around the world.
- The Federal Reserve extended the comment period for a proposal to impose risk-based capital surcharges on some U.S. banks.
- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) suspended trading for certain penny stock operations in order to target fraud.
