The Speaker’s Lobby: The 'Uber-Woke' Sweepstakes
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In a Senate Banking Committee hearing, CEOs of the nation's major banks testified about a variety of issues, but it was social policy that stole the show.
Toomey invoked how some of the banks are opting to cover the cost of travel for their employees after this summer’s Supreme Court decision on abortion.
"This decision is certainly an individual banks choice, but it does raise a number of questions, including have these same banks also committed to pay the cost for female employees facing unplanned pregnancies to place their children up for adoption, notably when it comes to the right to keep and bear arms, which is an actual constitutional right?" asked Toomey.This comes as Visa, MasterCard and AmEx are working to identify sales of firearms at gun stores. Visa is introducing a code which will identify retailers which sell weapons and ammo. But the code won’t specifically detail what products consumers buy.Codes at gun stores could help law enforcement track crime or suspicious sales. The credit card companies already use codes to documents transactions with merchants ranging from clothiers to florists.The gun issue arose when the bankers appeared before the House Financial Services Committee last Wednesday."Progressives are already cheering that this will be a huge step forward in monitoring suspicious gun purchases," said Rep. Roger Williams, R-Tex. "Anyone who is against the rights of gun owners will want institutions to flag every single transaction with a gun to law enforcement."Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., asked the bankers about their policies with the "gun" code."I want extra assurances that law abiding purchasers across the country will not be discriminated against using this merchant code as a means to an end," said Cramer.