Press Releases

:  Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus announced today the Committee will convene its first hearing of the 112th Congress to explore ways to promote economic activity and foster job creation.  The hearing will be held on Wednesday, January 26 at 10 am in room 2128 Rayburn. Chairman Bachus said, “Our small businesses need certainty from Washington in… Read more »

: Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus (AL) announced today the Subcommittee assignments for Republican Members. Chairman Bachus said, “Committee Republicans are ready to work together to fulfill our promise to Americans by protecting taxpayers, ending the bailouts, and ensuring government policies do not hinder job creation. Our Republican Members are very… Read more »

: Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus made the following statement regarding the report by the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP): “House Republicans said all along that the greatest weakness of the Democrats' financial regulation bill was that far from ending ‘too big to fail,’ it wrote that troubling doctrine… Read more »

: Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus made the following remarks today at the FDIC conference on small business lending: “Thank you for that kind introduction, Chairman Bair, and for organizing this forum with a variety of stakeholders to tackle the question of how we can work together to increase small business lending.   “As we address this… Read more »