U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s speech, as prepared for delivery, at the African Union Summit in Kampala, Uganda, where he announces that the U.S. Department of Justice is launching a new Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative aimed at combating large-scale foreign official corruption and recovering public funds for their intended – and proper – use.
The official statement by the White House Press Secretary on the Energy Security through Transparency (ESTT) provisions within the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
The Administration strongly supports House passage of the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 4213. Passage of this legislation will provide much-needed relief to families, including extended access to health care benefits for workers who have lost their jobs and extended unemployment insurance benefits for millions of Americans who are looking for work. It will also provide critical assistance to hard-pressed States while encouraging continued job creation by America’s businesses. The importance of longer-term extensions for various authorities and programs – and the certainty that such extensions bring – has been highlighted by the severe problems caused by interruptions in authorities for these programs.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner’s written testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government discussing the Treasury Budget.
US Department of State — Following is the joint statement issued by Secretary of State Clinton and Secretary of Foreign Affairs Espinosa who together with other senior government officials of the United States and Mexico met March 23, 2010 in Mexico City as the Merida Initiative High-Level Consultative Group…
WASHINGTON – Corrupt foreign officials and their relatives have used gaps in U.S. law and the assistance of U.S. professionals to funnel millions of dollars in illicit money into the United States, an investigation by the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has found. [PDF]
WASHINGTON – Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden released the following statement regarding the announcement today by the Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue (IRS) regarding the results arising from previous settlements of civil and criminal cases against Swiss banking giant UBS AG. The Justice Department and IRS announced that over 14,700 taxpayers have come forward to report previously-undisclosed foreign bank accounts under the voluntary disclosure program the IRS implemented following the settlement. This figure represents almost double the initial numbers the IRS announced in October and dwarfs the number of voluntary disclosures received in 2008.
Statement of Senator Carl Levin (D-Mich) on the Disclosure of the Annex to the U.S.-Swiss Settlement Agreement in The UBS Case
Full text of the Criteria for Granting Assistance Pursuant to the Treaty Request in the August 2009 Agreement Between the United States of America and the Swiss Confederation on the request for information from the Internal Revenue Service of the United States of America regarding UBS AG, a corporation established under the laws of the Swiss Confederation.
Full Remarks of Attorney General Eric Holder at the Opening Plenary of the VI Ministerial Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity in Doha, Qatar.
Statement by Secretary Geithner at the G-20 Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in St. Andrews, Scotland.
WASHINGTON – Legislation introduced by Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., to stop the formation of U.S. corporations with hidden owners will be the subject of a Thursday hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs.
Opening Statement of Michael F. Mundaca, Nominee for Assistant United States Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy, before the U. S. Senate Committee on Finance.
Statement by President Barack Obama on House and Senate Introducing Legislation to Crack Down on Overseas Tax Havens
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released the following statement from Secretary Tim Geithner on the introduction of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of 2009:
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