Chairman Jeb Hensarling

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  • Chairman Hensarling Speaks in Support of Bipartisan Jobs Bill
    Dec 4, 2013 - House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of H.R. 1105, the Small Business Capital Access & Job Preservation Act: Mr. Speaker, since Congress was not in session last week perhaps some of my colleagues missed ... More
  • Floor Vote Prep | H.R. 1105, the Small Business Capital Access & Job Preservation Act
    Dec 3, 2013 - The Problem: Excessive and unnecessary regulations hurt our economy, increase costs and restrict access to private sector capital that our nation’s job creators need to grow the economy and create jobs. The Example: Title IV of the Dodd-Frank Act imposes new registration and reporting requirements o... More
  • Weekly Rundown
    Dec 2, 2013 - The House is in session Monday through Thursday this week and will consider one Financial Services Committee bill. Be sure to check back here on the Bottom Line Blog -- and sign up for our email updates -- for additional information throughout the week. Here's whats happening: On Wednesday at 10 a.m... More
  • ICYMI | Chairman Hensarling Op-Ed: Giving the FHA a new lease on life
    Nov 27, 2013 - Persistently weak job growth, higher taxes on families and record-breaking government debt are the hallmarks of the failed economic experiment known as Obamanomics. It is an experiment made up of many policies, but its core revolves around one central belief: A larger, more powerful, more intrusive ... More
  • Committee Approves Consumer Protection Bills that Bring Accountability, Oversight and Transparency to the CFPB
    Nov 21, 2013 - The House Financial Services Committee today passed six bills to bring oversight, accountability and transparency to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), including bills to protect consumer privacy. “These are modest, common-sense bills that bring a modicum of accountability and transpar... More
  • ICYMI | Financial Times: Winding down Fannie and Freddie
    Nov 21, 2013 - Financial Times: Winding down Fannie and Freddie Time for Washington to dispense with the two GSEs Editorial | November 20, 2013 It has been five years since Lehman Brothers collapsed and longer since the US subprime bubble burst. Yet plans to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – the government-spons... More
  • Chairman Hensarling’s Statement on Bringing Accountability and Transparency to the CFPB
    Nov 19, 2013 - Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today’s full committee markup of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) reform legislation: Today our committee will take up six different bills dealing with the CFPB. These are modest, comm... More
  • 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
  • Sunday Video Message | Rep. Marlin Stutzman
    Nov 17, 2013 - Congressman Marlin Stutzman (Twitter | Facebook) delivers this week's Sunday Video Message on the committee's review of the Federal Reserve's "dual mandate." More
  • Chairman Hensarling Statement on CFTC Cross-Border Swaps Announcement
    Nov 15, 2013 - Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) issued the following statement about the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) staff announcement related to cross-border swaps transactions: “At a time millions of Americans still can’t find a job, this surprise decision made late Th... More