The United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs has jurisdiction over matters related to banks and banking, price controls, deposit insurance, export promotion and controls, foreign direct investment security, economic sanctions, federal monetary policy, financial aid to commerce and industry, issuance of redemption of notes, currency and coinage, public and private housing, urban development, mass transit and government contracts. The Senate Banking Committee sits at the intersection of U.S. national security, U.S. economic prosperity and the global economy.