Banking systems, the impact of covid19, and communities of color. This runs an hour and 45 minutes. Today we welcome the regulators, the comptroller of the currency, brian brooks. The federal deposit insurance corporation, jelena rodney hood. Since the passage of the coronavirus aid relief and Economic Security act or cares act of your agencies have taken many meaningful steps to mitigate the meaningful impact of the pandemic and provide conditions that will lead to a forceful recovery. On october 30, the Federal Reserve announced changes to its main Street Lending facility including decreasing the minimum loan size for priority loan facilities from 250,000 to 100,000, and allowing borrowers loan for theirpp outstanding debt. Your agency should continue to carefully review the regulatory and supervisory frameworks, adjusting where necessary to bolster Financial Institutions to support economic recovery, which, by the way, has shown positive signs over the past several months. On octobe
Comptroller of the currency, the Senate Banking Committee Received a 6month update on the state of Banking Systems, the impact of covid19 and support for Small Business owners in communities of color. This runs an hour and 45 minutes. Today we welcome to this virtually hearing the federal prudential regulators, Federal Reserve vice chairman Randal Quaries, office of the comptroller, brian brooks, chairman of yellen and mcwilliams, chairman of the National Credit administration rodney hood. We will receive testimony from each agency on efforts, activities, objectives and plans since we last testified before the committee. As well as an update on covid19 related actions. Since the passage of the coronavirus a relief and Economic Security act or cares act your agencies have taken many meaningful steps to ameliorate the Economic Impact of the pandemic as you provide conditions that will lead to a forceful recovery. On october 30th the Federal Reserve announced changes to its facility inclu
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Continue to will investigate each and every instance of illegal voting. Double voting, phelan voting, people voting outofstate. Outofstate. I want to remind members of a few matters, some of them required by the regulations accompanying House Resolution 965, which established the framework for Remote Committee proceedings. First, members are reminded to on atheir video functions all times, even when they are not recognized by the chair. Members are also reminded that they are responsible for muting and unmuting themselves and to mute themselves after they have finished speaking. Staff have been instructed not to mute members except when a member is not being recognized and there is inadvertent background noise. Members are further reminded that they may only attend one remote hearing at a time. If you are participating today, please remain with us during the hearing. Members should try to avoid coming in and out of the hearings. Particularly during the questions. If during the hearing
Experiencing unprecedented declines in activity. Although the remains considerable uncertainty about the economy, we know that the Banking System has served as a source of strength throughout this period. They have supported their customers and committees by pppinating 500 million in loans. The Banking Systems ability to support the economy reflects the Industries Strong capital and liquidity position. In the Second Quarter of 2020, Equity Capital increased to more than 2. 1 trillion, which 13. 4 . Ted to highervels were slightly than the quarter preceding the pandemic. Taken meaningful action to provide banks while maintaining safety and soundness. I will provide an update in five areas in which we have made significant progress. Supporting communities in need, encouraging outstanding loan making. I would like to briefly touch on each of those, starting with our response to the Economic Risks related to covid19. We undertook a series of actions that helped maintain stability in financ