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McHenry Demands Disgraced FDIC Chair Gruenberg Comply with Congressional Oversight, Schedule Transcribed Interview Immediately

Today, the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), sent a letter to disgraced Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chair Martin Gruenberg demanding he schedule a transcribed interview with the Committee by 5:00 PM today. Chairman McHenry is also requesting transcribed interviews with the agency’s General Counsel and Director of Legislative Affairs to discuss the FDIC’s process for indemnification for private counsel, which has been cited as an excuse ...

McHenry Requests GAO Audit FinCEN’s Beneficial Ownership Secure System

Today, the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), sent a letter requesting the Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) Beneficial Ownership Secure System (BOSS). The BOSS registry is intended to be a key national security tool designed to support the national security community, including law enforcement, to target bad actors abusing the United States financial system to engage in illicit activity. Ho...

Barr Delivers Remarks at Hearing to Examine Basel Endgame and the Onslaught of Hurried Rulemaking Undertaken by the Administration

Today, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy, led by Chairman Andy Barr (KY-06), is holding a hearing entitled “Regulatory Recipe for Economic Uncertainty: The Endless Basel Endgame and an Onslaught of Hurried Rulemaking Undertaken by the Administration.” Watch Chairman Barr’s opening remarks here. Read Chairman Barr’s opening remarks as prepared for delivery: “Today’s hearing is on the Basel III Endgame proposal by the Federal Reserve, FDIC, and...

McHenry, Huizenga, Hill, Barr Demand Fed, FDIC, OCC, SEC Provide Interagency Communications Regarding SAB 121

Ahead of a hearing with the full Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), Chairman of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, Bill Huizenga (MI-04), Chairman of the Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion Subcommittee, French Hill (AR-02), and Chairman of the Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy Subcommittee, Andy Barr (KY-06), sent letters demanding regulators provide interagency communicat...