Chairman Jeb Hensarling

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  • Chairman Hensarling Opening Statement at Today's Full Committee Markup
    Jun 19, 2013 - Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today's full committee markup: Today the Committee on Financial Services meets to consider four pieces of legislation to amend titles IV and IX of the Dodd-Frank Act by reducing the red tape burd... More
  • Committee Approves Four Bipartisan Bills to Relieve Red Tape Burden on Job Creators
    Jun 19, 2013 - The House Financial Services Committee today passed four bills -- all with significant bipartisan support -- to reduce the red tape burden on job creators at a time when excessive and unnecessary regulations are hurting the nation’s economy. “This committee is continuing to consider targeted, pragma... More
  • Dodd-Frank Mortgage Rules Will Harm Home Ownership, Witnesses Tell Subcommittee
    Jun 18, 2013 - Changes to mortgage lending mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act will make it harder for Americans to own a home and undermine an economic recovery, witnesses told members of the Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee at a hearing today. One witness told the subcommittee Dodd-Frank will m... More
  • CFPB Lacks Oversight and Accountability
    Jun 18, 2013 - The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee highlighted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) radical structure at a hearing today, and members continued to express concern that the agency operates without basic oversight and accountability. The CFPB, created under the Dodd-Frank Act, ... 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: Time to EXIT the EXIM
    Jun 13, 2013 - Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today's Monetary Policy & Trade Subcommittee hearing assessing reforms at the Export-Import Bank: While I don’t often find myself in agreement with statements coming out of the Obama Administrati... More
  • Chairman Hensarling on Successful Housing Finance Systems without Government Guarentees
    Jun 12, 2013 - “As lawmakers, it is time to open up our eyes and open up our minds to alternative models and a pathway forward. We shouldn’t preserve Fannie and Freddie’s federal guarantee just because we have done so in the past. We shouldn’t preserve their federal guarantee just because those who believe they pr... More
  • Regulatory Barriers Continue to Hinder Capital Formation
    Jun 12, 2013 - The bipartisan Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act – passed by Congress a year ago – is working to help startup companies grow and hire, but regulatory barriers to capital remain that hinder a stronger economy, members of the Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Subcommittee l... More
  • House Passes Bipartisan Bill Providing Greater Certainty for American Job Creators
    Jun 12, 2013 - The House of Representatives today passed a bipartisan Financial Services Committee bill to provide greater certainty for America’s job creators so they can invest more in our struggling economy and create desperately needed jobs. H.R. 634, the Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of... More
  • Chairman Hensarling Speaks in Support of the Bipartisan Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act
    Jun 12, 2013 - House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensalring (R-TX) delivered the following speech on the House floor today in support of H.R. 1256, the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act. The bill passed the house with strong bipartisan support. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Th... More