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By Alex J. Pollack To overhaul the Dodd-Frank Act, here is a radical and really good idea from House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling. The Financial CHOICE Act, Hensarling's bill, says to U.S. banks: "Don't like the endless additional regulation imposed on you by the bloated Dodd-Frank Act? Get your equity capital up high enough and you can purge yourself of a… Read more »

Investor's Business Daily The Republicans will soon put forth a plan to do away with the worst parts of the economy-smothering Dodd-Frank reforms. It's a welcome step toward restoring sanity to our financial markets. The Dodd-Frank Act was floated to the public on a raft of promises. It would end… Read more »

By: Jeb Hensarling Nearly seven years after the Great Recession ended, the economy still isn’t working for millions of working Americans. Their paychecks remain stagnant; their savings have declined. They cannot get ahead and fear for the future of their families. One of the principle reasons for this is the Dodd-Frank Act. Though… Read more »

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OPINION: Rep. Jeb Hensarling: an economic disciple of Founding Fathers “Rep. Jeb Hensarling, Texas Republican and chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, is an economic disciple of the Founding Fathers… At a time when traditional Republican Party principles are honored more in the breach than in the observance, he is a refreshing hope that there is still something left worth… Read more »

  WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, members of the House Financial Services Committee challenged the Director of the CFPB – a uniquely unaccountable government bureaucracy – over Bureau actions that are harming consumers and abusing and exceeding its already immense powers.  House Republicans… Read more »

Rep. Hensarling Unveils Fresh Plan to Revamp Dodd-Frank Mr. Hensarling’s blueprint is significant, framing a Republican agenda in this election year, and attempting to steer the debate in the event Republicans win the White House and keep control of Congress in November. Hensarling's 'Bold… Read more »

"When is monetary policy going to be more predictable, more method based, and less improvisational...We need to understand what is the direction of monetary policy going forward." </center> Read more »

WASHINGTON - Ahead of President Obama's last State of the Union Address, Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, spoke with Fox Business and Bloomberg News about his thoughts on creating more opportunity in the American economy. Click here for video highlights.  Excerpts: “What we hear from the White House is that this is… Read more »

Two separate reports published at the end of 2015 paint an ugly picture of the impact the Dodd-Frank Act is having on America’s community banks, credit unions, and the customers they serve. The first report from the Dallas Federal Reserve concluded that in the era of Dodd-Frank’s regulatory onslaught, many community financial institutions may be “too small to succeed.” The report went to… Read more »