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The Congressional Research Service reviewed the remedial actions taken by the FDIC in response to the closures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Bill Huizenga (R-MI), and Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy Chair Andy Barr (R-KY) requested information from federal and state regulators on their supervisory activities and coordination with other regulators leading up to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.
First-Citizens Bank and Trust Company agreed to assume all deposits and loans of the FDIC's Silicon Valley Bridge Bank.
House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry (R-NC) and Vice Chair French Hill (R-AR) requested detailed information from FDIC Chair Martin J. Gruenberg and Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen on the decision to invoke the "systemic risk exception" to resolve the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failures.