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House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee will create a bipartisan task force to work on improving U.S. efforts to choke off terrorist financing. “We are committed to making sure our government is doing everything possible to stop the Islamic State and other terrorists from using the global financial system to finance their acts of… 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 to examine the regulatory burden facing community banks and credit unions and the detrimental effect this burden has on consumers: I would say of all… 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 with Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew: The committee welcomes back the Secretary for his annual report on the IMF and the larger… Read more »

Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s hearing schedule for the week of March 16: Tuesday, March 17th at 10:00 A.M.- A full committee hearing to receive the Annual Testimony of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the International Financial System. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew will testify. The hearing will take place in room… Read more »

Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) issued the following statement on a Page 1 story in today’s Wall Street Journal about secret e-mails that reveal “an extraordinary level of cooperation” between the Export-Import Bank and Boeing, Ex-Im’s biggest beneficiary: “There’s been a lot of talk in Washington about ‘reforming’ the Export-Import Bank instead of letting… 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 with Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray: The CFPB… Read more »

Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s hearing schedule for the week of March 2: Tuesday, March 3rd at 2:30 P.M.- A full committee hearing to receive the Semi-Annual Report of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection from Director Richard Cordray. The hearing will take place in room HVC-210 of the Capitol Visitor Center. Thursday,… 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 with Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen: As Chair… Read more »

Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, will participate in a discussion on fighting cronyism at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Friday, February 27th. The panel discussion, titled “Friends in Low Places: How Cronyism Corrupts Free Markets,” will focus on pro-growth, pro-Main Street economic principles instead of… Read more »

Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s hearing schedule for the week of February 23: Wednesday, February 25 at 10:00 AM - A full committee hearing to receive the semi-annual report on Monetary Policy and State of the Economy from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. The hearing will take place in room HVC-210 of the Capitol Visitor… Read more »