News List

  • McHenry Responds to Capital One Breach
    Jul 30, 2019 - Today, Republican leader of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), released the following statement in response to the Capital One Financial Corporation data security breach: "The Capital One data breach is a stark reminder of the need for stringent data security standards ... More
  • McHenry Supports CFPB Effort to Protect Taxpayers
    Jul 25, 2019 - WASHINGTON – Today, Republican leader of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), released the following statement in support of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) decision to end the Qualified Mortgage (QM) patch for GSEs: “As I’ve said many times, we need to ... More
  • McHenry: Dodd-Frank Made the Largest Banks Larger While Suffocating Smaller Institutions
    Jul 24, 2019 - WASHINGTON – Today, the House Financial Services Committee is holding a hearing on the proposed merger of BB&T and SunTrust Bank. Despite Committee Democrats’ rhetoric, the partisan Dodd-Frank Act—which imposed overly burdensome regulations and increased the cost of compliance—has ensured the size ... More
  • Republicans Shed Light on the Impact of Dodd-Frank on Financial Institutions
    Jul 24, 2019 - WASHINGTON – Today, the full committee held a hearing to examine the proposed merger of BB&T and SunTrust Bank. Committee Republicans questioned the banks’ CEOs on the thorough review process they are complying with in order to merge, as well as their efforts to support and protect their customers w... More
  • House bill would reform credit reporting agencies
    Jul 23, 2019 - Legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives last week seeks to reform the supervision of credit reporting agencies. The bill, introduced by Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), is designed to ensure that credit files are accurate and transparent and personally identifiable information is pro... More
  • McHenry Proposes New Solution to Protect American Families’ Sensitive Information and Access to Credit
    Jul 19, 2019 - WASHINGTON – Republican leader of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), introduced new legislation to address glaring issues within the credit reporting industry, which endanger the security of Americans’ most personal information and impede access to credit. H.R. 3821 inc... More
  • McHenry: The reality is, whether Facebook is involved or not, change is here
    Jul 17, 2019 - WASHINGTON – Today, the House Financial Services Committee is holding a hearing to learn more about Facebook’s recently announced digital currency proposal, Project Libra. Republican leader of the Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), who called for this hearing last month, delivered opening remarks u... More
  • Committee Republicans Work to Facilitate Responsible Technology at Libra Hearing
    Jul 17, 2019 - WASHINGTON – Today’s House Financial Services Committee hearing on Facebook’s digital currency proposal, Project Libra, provided an opportunity for Republican committee members to “go beyond the headlines” as Ranking Member Patrick McHenry (NC-10) called for in his opening remarks. Republicans press... More
  • GOP lawmaker: Innovation should not go to Washington ‘to die’
    Jul 17, 2019 - Amid bipartisan backlash against Libra, Facebook’s new cryptocurrency project, some House Republicans are urging Congress to keep an open mind about emerging technologies. The top Republican on the House Financial Services committee warned his colleagues not to make Facebook a “political talking poi... More
  • Congressman McHenry Looks to Support Responsible Innovation During Libra Hearing
    Jul 17, 2019 - Congressman Patrick McHenry, Ranking Member on the House Financial Services Committee, told his fellow members at the Libra hearing today to “go beyond the headlines” when probing Facebook’s project to create a global payment ecosystem. The hours-long hearing saw David Marcus, head of Libra, hammere... More