New Congressional Report, Hearings Focus on Shortcomings in Fed’s Pandemic Response

This week, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin testified before Congress at multiple hearings on the response to the economic crises created by the coronavirus pandemic. 

Their appearances on Capitol Hill came the same week as a staff report released by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis that heavily criticized the Fed’s corporate bond purchases during the pandemic. The subcommittee’s analysis studied bonds purchased through the Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility, a lending institution backed by funds appropriated by the CARES Act, and found that companies issuing the bonds had prioritized profits for shareholders over saving jobs. 

According to the report, of the 500 companies whose bonds were bought by the Fed, almost half have been accused of illegal conduct in the last three years and 140 have conducted substantial layoffs affecting more than a total of more than a million workers since March. In addition, 95 companies paid dividends to their shareholders while laying off workers, and fossil fuel companies accounted for 10 percent of the Fed’s bond purchases, though they employ only 2 percent of workers at large companies. 

On Wednesday, Powell testified before the subcommittee and stressed the need to work toward an improved unemployment rate, saying that “there’s a long way to go.” But as the report notes, in May, Powell had justified buying these corporate bonds by claiming these companies have “been able to avoid big layoffs. That is the point of all this.” 

Powell was also repeatedly questioned on Tuesday by the House Financial Services Committee about the Fed’s support for small businesses, which has come under significant criticism because of the hundreds of billions remaining in its Main Street Lending Program — meant to provide loans for small and mid-sized firms — that banks have not taken up. When Mnuchin voiced the idea that the program could better support small businesses if the minimum loan size were dropped from $250,000 to $100,000, Powell said, “There is very little demand below a million dollars.” He also said that “trying to underwrite the credit of hundreds of thousands of small businesses would be very difficult” for the Fed. 

At this week’s hearings, Powell and Mnuchin both expressed support for increased fiscal spending to help the U.S. economy. At the Senate Banking Committee’s Thursday hearing, Powell emphasized broadening the Paycheck Protection Program to provide more support for small businesses and boosting unemployment benefits. Mnuchin has said he supports this strategy, and even said on Tuesday that the president is ready to make a deal to support out-of-work Americans and “would very much support signing into law additional PPP money immediately.” However, lawmakers have remained deadlocked on a potential new relief bill, with the parties split on how much aid to provide.

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Congress, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department of State, Department of the Interior, Department of the Treasury, DHS - Immigration and Customs Enforcement, DOI - Bureau of Land Management, DOI - Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Environmental Protection Agency, Georgia - Carroll County, Texas Attorney General, Treasury - Office of Foreign Assets Control, White House - Office of Management and Budget
December 12, 2019

American Oversight Sues for Treasury Communications About Russian Investment in Kentucky Plant

Department of the Treasury, Treasury - Office of Foreign Assets Control
November 27, 2019

News Roundup: Thankful for FOIA

Department of Agriculture, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Department of State, Kentucky Office of the Governor, USDA - Food Safety and Inspection Service
November 22, 2019

News Roundup: Fiona Hill’s Warnings, Nikki Haley’s Emails, and Matt Bevin’s Stay at Trump’s Hotel

Department of Commerce, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Department of State, DHS - Immigration and Customs Enforcement, DOJ - Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, Kentucky Office of the Governor
November 8, 2019

News Roundup: Ukraine-Related Documents, Hurdles for Asylum-Seekers, and Chad Wolf’s Involvement in Family Separation

Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Department of State, Department of the Interior, DOJ - Office of Information Policy, DOJ - Office of Legal Counsel, Environmental Protection Agency, Florida Office of the Governor, White House - Office of Management and Budget
November 1, 2019

News Roundup: Impeachment Votes and Sonny Perdue’s Georgia Connections

Department of Agriculture, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Department of State, Department of the Interior, DHS - Immigration and Customs Enforcement, DOI - National Park Service
October 30, 2019

New Lawsuit: Secretary Perdue’s Ties to Georgia Industry Groups

Department of Agriculture
February 22, 2019

News Roundup: Wilbur Ross’ Uncertified Financial Disclosures

December 12, 2018

Audit the Wall: No Plans, Funding or Timeline — And No Wall

Department of Homeland Security, Department of State, DHS - U.S. Customs and Border Protection
June 6, 2018

USTR Emails Reveal Tensions, Inconsistencies in Trump Administration’s NAFTA Strategy

White House - Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
December 20, 2017

American Oversight Expands Investigation into Tax Bill

Department of the Treasury, White House - Office of Management and Budget
November 30, 2017

New FOIAs Seek Treasury Department’s Secret Tax Bill Analyisis

Department of the Treasury
November 3, 2017

American Oversight Launches ‘NAFTA Watch’

Department of Commerce, White House - Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
October 31, 2017

American Oversight Sues State Department for Records Showing Efforts to Compel Mexico to Pay for Border Wall

Department of State
October 24, 2017

American Oversight Sues Labor Department for Records on Efforts to Roll Back Overtime and Fiduciary Rules

Department of Labor
July 19, 2017

American Oversight Demands Answers about Outsourcing of Carrier Jobs

Department of Commerce, Department of the Treasury, White House - Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
July 11, 2017

Investigation of Trump Administration Actions and the AT&T-Time Warner Merger

Department of Justice
June 16, 2017

Watchdog Group Files Lawsuit for Trump Border Wall Records

Department of Homeland Security, Department of the Interior, DHS - U.S. Customs and Border Protection, White House - Office of Management and Budget
March 24, 2017

American Oversight Launches Investigation of President Trump’s Border Wall

Department of Homeland Security
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