Chairman Jeb Hensarling

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  • Report: Dodd-Frank Act Does Not End Too Big to Fail But Perpetuates It as Official Policy
    Jul 21, 2014 - July 21, 2014 Report: Dodd-Frank Act Does Not End Too Big to Fail But Perpetuates It as Official Policy WASHINGTON - House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) today released a committee staff report... More
  • Egregious Ex-Im Bank Deal of the Day
    Jul 21, 2014 - With One Hand U.S. Sanctions Russian Companies, But With the Other… The Export-Import Bank is financing deals with Russian companies hit by U.S. sanctions this past week. Two of the four Russian firms targeted with new sanctions announced last week by the Obama administration have received more than... More
  • Weekly Video Message: Rep. Leutkemeyer on the End Operation Choke Point Act Download
    Jul 20, 2014 - CLICK HERE TO WATCH In this week's FSC Video Message, watch Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (Twitter|Facebook) discuss H.R. 4986, the End Operation Choke Point Act. The bill is designed to put an end to government attempts to shut down entire portions of the private sector based on what it deems to be unac... More
  • FSC Majority | Week in Review
    Jul 18, 2014 - Full Committee Receives Semi-Annual Testimony on Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy On Wednesday, the full committee held a hearing to receive the semi-annual testimony from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on the conduct of monetary policy and the state of the economy. Members of the co... More
  • Committee Hearing Schedule Week of July 21
    Jul 18, 2014 - House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s hearing schedule for the week of July 21st: Wednesday, July 23 at 10:00 A.M.- A full committee hearing to assess the impact of the Dodd-Frank Act four years after it was signed into law. During an inter... More
  • Egregious Ex-Im Bank Deal of the Day
    Jul 18, 2014 - Ex-Im and the Democratic Republic of the Congo President Obama and the First Lady pose with Denis Sassou-Nguesso, President of the DRC, and his wife, Mrs. Antoinette Sassou-Nguesso. The U.S. Statement Department reports the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a country with “major human right... More
  • Chairman Hensarling Comments on Senate Passage of TRIA Reauthorization
    Jul 17, 2014 - Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today made the following comments about the Senate’s passage of legislation to reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program without meaningful reforms. The Financial Services Committee passed a pro-reform bill – the TRIA Reform Act – on... More
  • Egregious Ex-Im Bank Deal of the Day
    Jul 17, 2014 - $10.3 Million: Ex-Im Acted “Fast” for Crony-Connected Solyndra “Ugh.” That’s exactly how taxpayers feel after losing money not just once but twice on the crony-connected and now-failed solar panel manufacturer Solyndra. Interestingly, both projects for Solyndra were dealt with rather quickly by the... More
  • Chairman Hensarling Discusses Federal Reserve Oversight, Dodd-Frank Anniversary on CNBC
    Jul 17, 2014 - House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling appeared this morning on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street to discuss the Committee’s Federal Reserve Centennial Oversight Project and the fourth anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Act being signed into law. CLICK HERE TO WATCH Hensarling on yesterday’... More
  • ICYMI - How to Spark Another 'Great Moderation'
    Jul 16, 2014 - ICYMI - How to Spark Another 'Great Moderation' July 15, 2014 By John B. Taylor Sound money and free markets go hand in hand. In 1776, Adam Smith wrote of the importance of rules for "a well-regulated paper-money" in "The Wealth of Nations." In 1962, Milton Friedman made the chapter "Control of Mone... More