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  • ICYMI - Officials at Ex-Im Bank Face Investigations
    Jun 24, 2014 - By Damian Paletta The U.S. Export-Import Bank has suspended or removed four officials in recent months amid investigations into allegations of gifts and kickbacks, as well as attempts to steer federal contracts to favored companies, several people familiar with the matter said. One employee, Johnny... More
  • National Debt Matters in a Big Way
    Mar 25, 2014 - By: Rep. Jeb Hensarling A recent newspaper headline caught my attention: “Debts, Deficits — Once a Focus [in Washington] — Fade From Agenda.” My immediate reaction was “not if I can help it.” So today, the House Financial Services Committee, which I chair, begins a series of hearings focused on why ... More
  • Financial Services Subcommittee Investigation Leads to Federal Probe of HUD
    Feb 25, 2014 - An internal federal probe has concluded that Maurice Jones, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s new commerce secretary, improperly lobbied Congress while he was in the Obama administration last year. Mr. Jones, who was a deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, sent an e... More
  • Chairman Hensarling Questions Secretary Lew on IRS Scandal, FSOC Report
    May 22, 2013 - Chairman Hensarling (Hensarling): Mr. Secretary, I’m personally not going to spend a whole lot of time with you on discussing who knew what, when, with respect to the IRS scandal but I would like to say this: I don’t know the level of responsibility that you and the president bear for this scandal,... More
  • Hensarling on CNBC’s The Kudlow Report & FNC’s Hannity
    Feb 26, 2013 - Click to Watch Kudlow Click to Watch Hannity WASHINGTON – Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) – a leading conservative and chairman of the House Financial Services Committee – joined CNBC’s The Kudlow Report and FNC’s Hannity last night to discuss the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy and Presiden... More
  • Chairman Hensarling on CNBC Squawk Box
    Feb 12, 2013 - House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) joined CNBC’s Squawk Box this morning to discuss the committee’s current hearing series on the state of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA). Hensarling also discussed what to expect from President Obama’s State of the Union Address to... More
  • Government to use Sandy ‘relief’ as cover for…more spending
    Jan 15, 2013 - NOTE: A version of this article will appear in the January 16, 2013 print edition of The Washington Times. View online at The Washington Times here By: Rep. Jeb Hensarling There is no doubt that Hurricane Sandy rendered unspeakable damage to lives and property on our East Coast. It truly represents ... More
  • Free checking being wiped out by Dodd-Frank’s burden
    Oct 4, 2012 - The following article was published this week on the website BankCreditNews.com: Free checking being wiped out by Dodd-Frank’s burden The average required minimum balance for free checking rose to $723 this year, data reported by Bankrate.com showed on Monday. Banks, in response to the economic clim... More
  • Wall Street Journal: A $447 Million Consumer Alert
    Sep 20, 2012 - Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Randy Neugebauer writes in today's edition of the Wall Street Journal about the lack of transparency and accountability at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a government bureaucracy created by the Dodd-Frank Act: A $447 Million Consumer Aler... More
  • U.S. Financial Rules Panel Should Improve Transparency, GAO Says
    Sep 13, 2012 - (Bloomberg) -- A panel of U.S. regulators created to monitor financial stability faces challenges in achieving its mission of identifying risks and should improve its transparency, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office. The Dodd-Frank law created the Financial Stability Overs... More