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  CLICK HERE TO WATCH Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today’s full committee markup of its Budget Views and Estimates for the FY 2016… 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 Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro: Last year I… Read more »

Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s hearing schedule for this week: Wednesday, February 11 at 10:00 A.M. - A full committee hearing with Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro to discuss the financial status of the Federal Housing Administration.  This hearing will take place in room HVC-210 of the House Visitors… Read more »

Senior officials at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) – some of whom were presidentially-appointed and Senate-confirmed – broke federal law and violated employment practices, according to investigators from HUD’s Office of Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office (GAO). In testimony today before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight… Read more »

Allegations that senior HUD officials violated federal law and obstructed investigators’ efforts to uncover potential wrongdoing will be discussed at tomorrow’s 10 a.m. hearing of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. Both HUD’s inspector general and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) have recently investigated and reported on potential ethical… 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 Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt:   As Yogi Berra once famously said, “It's déjà vu all over again.” Memories are clearly… Read more »

Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following statement at today’s full committee markup to adopt the committee’s oversight plan for the 114th Congress.  The committee voted unanimously to approve the oversight plan: The rules of the House require each standing committee to adopt an oversight plan.  The Financial Services Committee meets… Read more »

Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) appeared on Fox Business Network’s “Varney and Company” today to discuss last night’s State of the Union Address. Some excerpts:   CLICK HERE TO WATCH Chairman Hensarling on President Obama’s proposed taxes: “The president claims he doesn’t… Read more »

Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s plan for higher taxes, including a new tax on lending: “Hardworking taxpayers deserve a path forward to financial independence, one that gives them more control over their finances.  Unfortunately, if President Obama has his way, hundreds of billions of… Read more »

Today, the House Financial Services Committee held its organizational meeting for the 114th Congress to adopt its rules package. Chairman Hensarling announced subcommittee assignments for the committee’s Republican members and his full leadership team for the 114th Congress. “I look forward to working alongside my colleagues to pass laws that help grow the economy from Main Street up,… Read more »