Subject: Richard C. Shelby (R-AL)

Subject of Interest

US Senator Richard C. Shelby (R-AL) is a minority member of the US Senate Committee on Banking.  He was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986 and is currently in his sixth term. Senator Shelby is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations.  He formerly served as chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee and the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, and remains a senior member on each of the committees. He also serves on the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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United States Senate Committee on Banking

 

Subject: Mike Rounds (R-SD)

Subject of Interest

U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) is a minority member of the US Senate Committee on Banking. He was sworn into the United States Senate  2015. Senator Rounds serves on four committees: Senate Armed Services; Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; Veterans’ Affairs; and Environment and Public Works. Rounds previously served as the 31st governor of South Dakota from 2003 – 2011, easily winning reelection in 2006. From 1991 to 2000, he was elected five times to the South Dakota State Senate.

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United States Senate Committee on Banking

 

 

Subject: Tom Cotton (R-AR)

Subject of Interest

United States Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) is a minority member of the US Senate Committee on Banking. He is also o the the Intelligence Committee, and the Armed Services Committee, where he chairs the Air Land Power Subcommittee. He graduated from Harvard, and Harvard Law School. After a clerkship with the U.S. Court of Appeals and private law practice. Tom served nearly five years on active duty in the United States Army as an Infantry Officer. Between the Army and the Senate, Tom worked for McKinsey & Co. and served one term in the House of Representatives.

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United States Senate Committee on Banking

 

Subject: Ben Sasse (R-NE)

Subject of Interest

US Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) is a minority member of the US Senate Committee on Banking.  Before being elected to the Senate, Ben spent five years as a college president. When he was recruited to lead Midland University. He is a member of the United States Senate Committee on Finance. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

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United States Senate Committee on Banking

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Subject: Mike Crapo (R, ID)

Subject of Interest

US Senator Mike Crapo (R, ID) is the Chairman of the US Senate Committee on Banking He is a Republican Senator for Idaho, was first elected to the Senate in 1998 and is currently serving his fourth term as U.S. Senator. He became a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee at the beginning of his service in 1999. In addition to serving as the Chairman of the Banking Committee, Crapo serves on the Finance Committee, Judiciary Committee and Budget Committee.

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United States Senate Committee on Banking

 

 

Subject: Tim Scott (R-SC)

Subject of Interest

United States Senator Tim Scott (R-SC)  is a minority member of the US Senate Committee on Banking. He joined the Senate in 2013. He has many Committee Assignments including: Senate Finance Committee,  Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs, Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and Senate Special Committee on Aging. He is a graduate of Presbyterian College Charleston Southern University (BS), Alumnus of South Carolina’s Palmetto Boys State program.

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United States Senate Committee on Banking

 

Subject: Patrick J. Toomey (R-PA)

Subject of Interest

United States Senator Patrick J. Toomey (R-PA) is a minority member of the US Senate Committee on Banking. He joined the U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania in 2011. He previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives for six years. The senator has also worked in the financial services industry, served as president of the Club for Growth, and owned and operated a small restaurant chain in the Lehigh Valley with his brothers. He graduated from Harvard University.

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United States Senate Committee on Banking

 

 

Subject: Jay Clayton

Subject of Interest

Jay Clayton is the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).  He was nominated to chair the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on January 20, 2017, by President Donald Trump and sworn in on May 4, 2017. Prior to joining the Commission, Chairman Clayton was a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, where he was a member of the firm’s Management Committee and co-head of the firm’s corporate practice.

 

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Subject: Allison Herren Lee

Subject of Interest

Allison Herren Lee is a  Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). She was appointed by President Donald Trump to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and sworn into office on July 8, 2019. Commissioner Lee brings to the SEC over two decades of experience as a securities law practitioner. Most recently, she has written, lectured, and taught courses internationally in Spain and Italy on financial regulation and corporate law.

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Official: Sean X. McKessy

Official

Sean X. McKessy is an attorney for Phillips & Cohen. He was the first Chief of the SEC Office of the Whistleblower.  Mr. McKessy  helped establish the processes the office follows and the policies that guide the SEC whistleblower program. His office assessed and reviewed whistleblower tips, evaluated whistleblower award claims and made whistleblower award recommendations to the Commission.

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Observer: Ken Norensberg

Observer

Ken Norensberg is the Managing Director of Luxor Financial Group, Inc. a NY based Broker Dealer Consulting Firm that specializes in setting up Independent Broker Dealers. They are experts in New Member Applications, Continuing Membership Applications, Expansion Filings, FINRA and SEC Audits, Anti Money Laundering Reviews, Business Development and general compliance and business development services.

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