Chairman Hensarling Opening Statement at PATH Act Hearing
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Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today's full committee hearing on the Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act. Chairman Hensarling Opening Statement at Today's Hearing with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke
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Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today's full committee hearing with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Chairman Hensarling Comments on Senate Confirmation of CFPB Director
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Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) issued the following statement today about the Senate’s vote to confirm Richard Cordray as the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Time Change for Release of Fed Chairman’s Testimony
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s testimony and the semi-annual Monetary Policy Report he will deliver to the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday, July 17 will be released to the public at 8:30 a.m. EDT that day. Committee Leaders Announce PATH Act to End Taxpayer Bailout and Create Sustainable Housing Finance System
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Leaders on the Financial Services Committee today announced the PATH Act – the Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act – to create a sustainable housing finance system. House Passes Two Bipartisan Bills to Relieve the Red Tape Burden on Job Creators
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The House of Representatives yesterday overwhelmingly passed two bipartisan Financial Services Committee bills to reduce the red tape burden for our nation’s job creators and to fix unintended consequences of derivatives provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act. CFPB Collecting Confidential Financial Information on Millions of Americans
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At a time when Washington is awash in scandals over mass surveillance and political targeting, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has spent at least $10.3 million to collect confidential financial information on Americans, a Financial Services subcommittee learned today. Dodd-Frank's "Systemically Important" Designations and Orderly Liquidation Authority Raise Constitutional Questions
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Not only did the Dodd-Frank Act fail to end “Too Big to Fail,” its provisions regarding the designation of large firms as “systemically important” and the resolution of such firms may also be unconstitutional, the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee heard from expert witnesses today. Chairman Hensarling Announces Hearing Schedule
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Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s hearing schedule for the first half of July. HUD's Moving to Work Program is the Best Approach Available to Help Families in Public Housing Achieve Self-Sufficiency
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The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Moving to Work program is the best approach available to help families in public housing achieve self-sufficiency, witnesses told the Housing and Insurance Subcommittee at a hearing yesterday. Browse Documents by Date or Issue |
