BlackRock Faces Investigation by House China Committee into Investment Activities

The House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party has recently launched an investigation into BlackRock, an investment firm. Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) penned a letter to Larry Fink, BlackRock’s Chairman and CEO, accusing the company of unknowingly using its American customers’ …

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Bipartisan, bicameral coalition issues Request for Information regarding FDA’s CBD regulation

A bipartisan and bicameral group of U.S. lawmakers has unveiled its Request for Information (RFI) on the federal regulation of cannabidiol (CBD). Led by Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chair Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and ranking member Bill Cassidy (R-La.), along with House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) and ranking …

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