Press Releases

Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) issued a subpoena today to the Federal Reserve for its failure to comply with document requests from the committee for information concerning the leak of market-sensitive Fed deliberations to a private financial newsletter. Chairman Hensarling made the following statement today: “This leak is another troubling example of the… Read more »

  CLICK HERE TO WATCH Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today’s full committee markup where the committee will consider a number of overwhelmingly bipartisan bills to help small businesses access the capital they need to grow the economy… Read more »

As small businesses continue to be mired in the longest, slowest recovery in the post-war era, the Financial Services Committee today approved 13 bills that will help Main Street businesses access the capital they need to grow the economy and create jobs. True, sustainable economic growth that increases paychecks and creates opportunity for all comes from Main Street, not… Read more »

  The Financial Services Housing and Insurance Subcommittee held an oversight hearing on Tuesday to examine the performance, challenges and budget priorities of the Rural Housing Service (RHS). “Today’s hearing will allow those concerned with the future of housing, members of this subcommittee and people across rural America, to better… Read more »

  Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) joined several other conservative House members and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) at a news conference on Tuesday to call for an end to the Export-Import Bank. Noting that business organizations in Washington appear to be… Read more »

  The Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, chaired by Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX,) held a hearing today to learn how the financial sector address cyber threats.   “We should all remember that no single institution or system is 100… Read more »

Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s hearing schedule for the week of May 18. Tuesday, May 19 at 10:00 A.M. - The Housing and Insurance Subcommittee will conduct an oversight hearing of the Rural Housing Service. The hearing will take place in room 2220 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Tuesday, May 19 at 1:00 P.M. - The… Read more »

As Congress decides whether to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, Senator Mike Lee will join House Financial Services Chairman Jeb Hensarling, House Freedom Caucus Chairman Jim Jordan, other Members of Congress and leaders from top fiscal conservative organizations for a press conference calling on Congress to let the Bank expire on schedule this June 30. Members will also address some… Read more »

  CLICK HERE TO WATCH Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today’s full committee hearing on data and cyber security: Today’s hearing will be focused on protecting consumers and their private financial information in an age of computer… Read more »

The Financial Services Housing and Insurance Subcommittee held a hearing on Thursday to examine how proposed changes to the mortgage settlement process are expected to impact consumers and lenders.  The changes proposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) are scheduled to take effect on August 1.   “Purchasing a home is one of the biggest and most important… Read more »