Chairman Jeb Hensarling

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  • Weekly Rundown
    Nov 18, 2013 - The House is in session Monday through Thursday this week. Be sure to check back here on the Bottom Line Blog -- and sign up for our email updates -- for committee specific information as the week progresses. Here's what's happening: On Tuesday morning at 10 a.m., the Oversight & Investigations Subc... More
  • HUD IG: Department’s Eight Year Delay Impacts FHA Fund by $15 Billion
    Sep 17, 2013 - Last week, the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee questioned the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Inspector General, David Montoya, about reducing waste, fraud, and abuse in the department’s housing programs. All totaled, the latest IG report identified more than $770 milli... More
  • Subcommittee Examines Waste, Fraud, Abuse in HUD Spending Programs
    Sep 10, 2013 - Members of the House Financial Services Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee today questioned the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Inspector General about reducing waste, fraud, and abuse at HUD. During the hearing, the subcommittee reviewed the most recent report from Inspector Ge... More
  • Dodd-Frank's "Systemically Important" Designations and Orderly Liquidation Authority Raise Constitutional Questions
    Jul 9, 2013 - Not only did the Dodd-Frank Act fail to end “Too Big to Fail,” its provisions regarding the designation of large firms as “systemically important” and the resolution of such firms may also be unconstitutional, the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee heard from expert witnesses today. “Almost t... More
  • Chairman Hensarling Announces Hearing Schedule
    Jul 3, 2013 - Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s hearing schedule for the first half of July. The committee’s schedule is tentative and will depend upon witness availability and other factors that may require changes. Therefore, each meeting will become fin... More
  • Sunday Video Message | Rep. Patrick McHenry
    Jun 23, 2013 - Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Patrick McHenry delivers this week's Sunday Video Message. He discusses what we learned about the CFPB in this week's Financial Institutions and Oversight hearings. More
  • CFPB HQ Renovation Budget Tops $75,000... Per Employee
    Jun 21, 2013 - On Tuesday, Members of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee examined the budget for the Consumer Protection Financial Bureau (CFPB) with the bureau's Chief Financial Officer. While the CFPB generally lacks oversight and accountability, one particular issue of concern raised at the hearing ... More
  • Chairman Hensarling Announces Remainder of Committee’s June Schedule
    Jun 14, 2013 - Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s schedule of hearings and markups for the last two weeks of June. The committee’s hearing schedule is tentative and will depend upon witness availability and other factors that may require changes. Therefore, ... More
  • Chairman Hensarling Announces New Subcommittee Assignments for Two Members
    May 22, 2013 - Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced new subcommittee assignments for two members of the committee -- Rep. Dennis Ross (R-FL) and Rep. Keith Rothfus (R-PA). Rep. Ross was appointed to fill the vacancy on the Housing and Insurance Subcommittee created when Rep.... More
  • Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Hearing Examines "Too Big to Jail"
    May 22, 2013 - Members of the House Financial Services Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee today questioned a witness from the Department of Justice about how the department decides which financial institutions are “too big to jail” and what information they rely upon to make such decisions. When Attorney G... More