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“What appears to be obvious is that two million Americans just got ripped off by their bank and they got let down by their government.  And so I’m not sure that Mr. Stumpf had all the answers.  We’re giving him now, he’s got over a full week to prepare, to go back, to do his homework…We have demanded documents from Wells Fargo, from the Office of Comptroller of the… Read more »

“We are going to get to the bottom of this, because potentially millions of customers have been ripped off by Wells-Fargo and they’ve also, in many respects, been ripped off by their government… How does this go on so long? Why does it take the L.A. Times to break this story, when we’re paying federal investigators to investigate?" … Read more »

WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, Financial Services Committee Chairman unveiled the details of the Financial CHOICE Act – the Republican plan to replace the Dodd-Frank Act and promote economic growth. Support for the plan has been as overwhelming as the job-crushing regulations the bill will repeal. Here is what some experts are saying: “…a true reform agenda designed to jump-start the economy… Read more »

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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 »