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  • Rep. McHenry Calls for Hearings on Several Priority Issues
    Jan 23, 2019 - House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) wrote to Chairman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) today urging her to hold hearings on a number of critical financial services issues, including several American Bankers Association priorities. Specifically, McHenry called for heari... More
  • House banking's top Republican calls for hearing on Brexit impact
    Jan 23, 2019 - WASHINGTON — Rep. Patrick McHenry, the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, this week called on Democratic leadership to prioritize Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union, among other "critical areas" that he said deserve the panel's attention. In a letter sent Tuesday to ... More
  • U.S. House panel's top Democrat, Republican seek executive trading oversight
    Jan 18, 2019 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Democrat and Republican on the House Financial Services Committee are sponsoring legislation directing a regulatory review of some corporate executive investment plans, as the banking panel starts its 2019 work on a bipartisan note. Representative Maxine Waters, the De... More
  • Waters, McHenry team up on insider trading bill
    Jan 18, 2019 - House Financial Services Chairwoman Maxine Waters is kicking off the committee's legislative agenda with an insider trading bill co-sponsored by the panel's top Republican, Rep. Patrick McHenry. The pair reintroduced the legislation as they try to strike a more collaborative tone than was seen at th... More
  • McHenry asks Fed for Brexit fallout update
    Jan 15, 2019 - The ranking Republican on the House Financial Services Committee today asked the Treasury Department, Federal Reserve and other financial regulatory agencies for an update on how the U.K.'s chaotic withdrawal from the European Union could disrupt markets. In letters to the agencies, Rep. Patrick McH... More
  • Rep. McHenry Probes Agencies' IGs for Cost Cutting Measures
    Jan 7, 2019 - The new ranking member on the House Financial Services Committee wants SEC, Treasury, CFPB to tell him by Jan. 24 how the agencies plan to reduce waste, fraud and abuse. Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., the new ranking member on the House Financial Services Committee, wants eight Inspectors General of ... More
  • WSJ: JOBS 3.0 "could be one of this Congress's better achievements"
    Nov 29, 2018 - A Treasury Misfire A misguided insurance gripe could kill the pro-growth Jobs 3.0 bill. November 29, 2018 By The Editorial Board GOP House leaders have done yeoman’s work shepherding a compendium of bipartisan bills to expand access to capital that could pass in the lame-duck session. But White Hou... More
  • ICYMI: Fannie and Freddie, Make Way for Ginnie Mae
    Sep 6, 2018 - September 6, 2018 This is a not-so-happy anniversary in American history. Ten years ago Thursday, the federal government took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , the failed government-sponsored housing enterprises that were at the center of the last financial crisis. Leading up to the crisis, Fannie ... More
  • To Restore U.S. Competitiveness, Pass the JOBS Act 3.0
    Jul 16, 2018 - July 16, 2018 Nearly all the economic news since Donald Trump took office has been strongly positive, and Mr. Trump added to that record in May by signing the most pro-growth banking bill in a generation. The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act, also known as S. 2155, rep... More
  • ICYMI: The Art of a Banking Deal
    May 24, 2018 - May 23, 2018 Headlines portray Congress as a swamp of dysfunction, but the House on Tuesday showed that the parties and chambers can work together by passing a bipartisan Senate banking reform, 258-159. Notwithstanding its shortcomings, the bill is an important step away from excessive government c... More