Chairman Jeb Hensarling

News List

  • CFPB Should Let the Sunshine In to their Closed-Door Meetings
    Mar 17, 2014 - To mark “Sunshine Week,” a national initiative launched by the media to promote open government, Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) is calling on CFPB Director Richard Cordray to end the bureau’s closed-door meeting policy for its four advisory councils. “Instead of operatin... More
  • FSC Majority | Sunday Video Message
    Mar 16, 2014 - CLICK HERE To mark Sunshine Week, Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (Twitter | Facebook) delivers this week’s Sunday Video Message on the lack of transparency at the CFPB. More
  • Obama Administration’s Claims on IMF Quota Increase are Patently False
    Mar 14, 2014 - By Rep. John Campbell Chairman of the Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade The Obama Administration is deliberately holding up economic assistance to Ukraine by trying to make permanent a temporary U.S. investment in the International Monetary Fund. The Administration is not being honest about ... More
  • Committee Approves Bipartisan Regulatory Relief Bills to Help Create Jobs and Grow Our Economy
    Mar 14, 2014 - The House Financial Services Committee today passed five bills with bipartisan support to provide regulatory relief for America’s small businesses and community financial institutions. “We all know that creating jobs, hope and opportunity for the American people -- who have lost way too many jobs, w... More
  • Chairman Hensarling Opening Statement at Today’s Full Committee Markup
    Mar 13, 2014 - House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today’s full committee markup: CLICK TO WATCH We are coming here today to consider five different bills that I believe will help provide regulatory relief to a number of small companies, jo... More
  • Subcommittee Examines Federal Reserve Credit Allocation
    Mar 12, 2014 - The House Financial Services Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee held a hearing today to examine the Federal Reserve’s role in credit allocation as part of the committee’s Federal Reserve Centennial Oversight Project. The Federal Reserve’s exceptionally accommodative monetary policy through its Q... More
  • Weekly Rundown
    Mar 11, 2014 - The House is in session Tuesday through Friday this week. Here’s what’s happening: On Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. the Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee will hold a hearing to examine the Federal Reserve’s role in credit allocation. This hearing is part of the Committee’s Federal Reserve Centennial ... More
  • Chairman Hensarling Welcomes Announcement by Senators Johnson and Crapo
    Mar 11, 2014 - Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) of the House Financial Services Committee, which passed the PATH Act in July 2013, released the following statement today regarding the announcement from Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) and Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) about their housing finance reform efforts: “As someone wh... More
  • The CFPB – A Troubled Agency That Has Lost Credibility
    Mar 7, 2014 - …Wasting Millions on Office Renovations …Under Investigation …Closed Door Meetings …Shocking Report of Discriminatory Treatment …In Urgent Need of House-Approved Accountability, Oversight and Reform Bill American Banker, 3/6: CFPB Staff Evaluations Show Sharp Racial Disparities “CFPB managers show a... More
  • Dodd-Frank Harming Global Competitiveness of U.S. Financial Institutions and Markets
    Mar 5, 2014 - The cumulative weight of financial regulation – much of it stemming from the 2,300-page Dodd-Frank Act – will harm the global competitiveness of U.S. financial institutions and financial markets, witnesses told the House Financial Services Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee at a hearing today... More