Donald Trump vows to give funding to America’s transportation department, but can he deliver on his promise? One of the largest dams in America threatens to collapse, leaving thousands of residents in Oroville, California at risk of losing their homes and...
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Media mentions / OpEds
President Donald Trump recently efforted (through an executive order and related memorandum) to make good on his call for repeal of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, otherwise known as Dodd-Frank. The law (portions of which I advised Congress)...
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Trump has instructed the Treasury Department to consult with federal regulatory agencies and the Financial Stability Oversight Council, and report back to the White House on potential changes that could be made to the Dodd-Frank Act, landmark financial legislation enacted in...
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Media mentions / Politics and Prose
Matthew McConaughey does it again by proving he can deliver the goods in his new movie, “Gold.” Like his incredible physical transformation in “Dallas Buyers Club,” for which he won the 2014 Best Actor Academy Award, he undergoes a visually monumental...
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Market Wrap Radio Interview
Forbes Media Chairman Steve Forbes and former CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton debate the pros and cons of financial regulations.
Bart Chilton discusses Donald Trump’s review of Dodd-Frank regulation. He speaks on “Bloomberg Markets.”
Politics and Prose
Despite some policy backlash, along with projections from respected economists and analysts that markets would dive if Donald Trump were elected president, that’s not been the case…in the least. To the contrary, things appear to have been going very well. Amongst the...
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Politics and Prose
I consider myself a distruptor who shakes things up and seeks to embrace positive change. Donald Trump represents the most cataclysmic change I’ve seen in my three-plus decades in Washington, DC. While there are ample concerns, I am excited, entertained and...
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