Press Releases

WASHINGTON – The Financial Services Committee today approved 10 bills designed to promote access to capital and help reduce regulatory burdens on Main Street small businesses. The committee also approved bipartisan legislation to expand flood insurance options for homeowners. “The members of this committee are to be commended for working together in a bipartisan manner to identify… Read more »

WASHINGTON- Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today’s committee markup of 10 bills to help grow the economy through regulatory relief and capital formation for our nation’s Main Street businesses: Last year was an active and a productive year for our committee.… Read more »

WASHINGTON– In advance of their first idea forum today, the chairs of the Task Force on Reducing Regulatory Burdens released their mission statement. This mission statement, laying out the goals of the task… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Despite international regulations and oversight bodies that commit participating countries and institutions to combat money laundering and terror financing, no central coordinating body exists to help fulfill these commitments through training and technical assistance, witnesses told members of the Financial Services Task Force to Investigate Terror Financing today.… Read more »

WASHINGTON - Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s hearing schedule for the week of February 29: Tuesday, March 1 at 2:00 P.M.- The Task Force to Investigate Terrorism Financing will hold a hearing on helping the developing world fight terror finance.  The hearing will examine the extent to which technical assistance relating… Read more »

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WASHINGTON – Today, the Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held its second hearing of the 114th Congress to examine the impact of international regulatory standards on the competitiveness of U.S. insurers. For nearly 150 years, U.S. insurance companies of every kind — including property casualty, life, reinsurance, health, and auto — have been regulated primarily by the states. … Read more »

WASHINGTON – In advance of their first idea forum today, the chairs of the Task Force on Poverty, Opportunity, and Upward Mobility released their mission statement. This mission statement, laying out the goals of the task force, marks the next step in the development of a bold, pro-growth agenda that Republicans will present to the country in… Read more »

WASHINGTON – The Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing today to investigate a decrease in liquidity and a lack of resiliency in the fixed income markets as a direct result of new Dodd-Frank Act and Basel requirements. “Instead of a coordinated, well-thought out legislative and regulatory approach in the wake of the financial crisis, what… Read more »

WASHINGTON-Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s hearing schedule for the week of February 22: Wednesday, February 24 at 10:00 A.M.–The Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises will hold a hearing entitled “The… Read more »