wild bill cortez.ths time he had snapped up the homes of two people who had mysteriously vanished. cher hughes was one of them. now she was telling anyone who would listen that the disappearances and property transfers were no coincidence. >> i thought that bill had done something to these people. i was telling people in bocas, the suspicions were all saying the same thing. >> and bill is still living nearby. >> bill is still near, yeah. and he told people he was going to shut me up. >> he told people that. >> he told three people that, he moved out of the house and into a hotel with security. >> keith wasn't the only one that was nervous. >> i became convinced that this guy cortez had killed these people in order to steal their property. that's when i said, i'm going to the authorities. >> he urged keith to do the same. >> you need to come to panama city, get to the prosecutor and turn up the heat. >> keith went to panama city, and laid up the case to the panamanian fbi. >> kudos to the panama police,

i think that parallels the bill by senator cortez masto. legislation is required to do that. talk to us about why you reached that conclusion, why the affordable housing program commitment should be increased. dir. thompson: we have looked at the numbers. we think that home loan banks can afford to at least double their affordable housing program commitment. i read say that the home loan bank system right now voluntarily is contributing about 15% of net earnings to affordable housing, but when you look at some of the benefits of the home loan banks have, that are out load -- outlined in the report -- look at dividends that are going to member institutions, compared to the affordable housing contribution. look at the fact that they do not -- home loan banks do not pay taxes. there is a huge benefit there and in the implied guarantee that the debt that they issue has from the federal government. people will say that they are private corporations, but these are government-sponsored entities. they have a public purpose. we need to ensure that we are in a huge housing crisis right

. >> bill: democrats defended bowman arguing that even some gop members say the house failed to accomplish anything all year. alexandria ocasio-cortezure was an effort to divert attention from the expulsion of george santos. >> new york republicans are so embarrassed that they have not accomplished a damn thing for new yorkers this entire year that they have to find a distraction so they've decided to target one of the first black men to ever represent westchester county in the united states congress for censure. >> okl if censured he must stan before house speaker and receive a verbal rebuke. >> bill: carley shimkus and tom shillue. who is buying his story and believing his story? >> nobody is. you know what happened right under our noses, it took some time. going back to the 1970s when the president lied to us and had to resign. our teacher said the president lied to us and that was such shame. lying is no longer shameful. everybody lies. they just lie and then they get away with it and move on. you have someone like jussie smollett, he continues. he will get censured and thumb his nose at it. in the old days censure meant somethi

and i along with 18 of our senate colleagues including senator cortez masters, senator smith, senator warnock, senator butler , they have a bill that would do exactly what law-enforcement asks. it would extend the anti- money laundering rules that banks follow so that crypto could not be used for financing terrorist attacks or north korea's nuclear program. when it comes to banking policy, i am not usually holding hands with the ceos of multibillion- dollar banks, this is a matter of national security. terrorists, drug traffickers and rogue nations should be barred from using crypto further dangerous activities and it is time for congress to act. >> senator daines from montana. >> chairman, thank you. thank you to all of you for being here. earlier this year we saw a series of bank failures, some of the largest in our nations history. these failures were due to gross mismanagement by bank executives and regulators who were asleep at the wheel. instead of holding accountable, those in the supervisory positions responsible for missing the impending crisis, regulators decided to put forth a host of regulations that would have don