Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Hearing Examines "Too Big to Jail"
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Members of the House Financial Services Oversight and Investigation Subcommittee today questioned a witness from the Department of Justice about how the department decides which financial institutions are “too big to jail” and what information they rely upon to make such decisions. Hearing Shows CFPB's QM Rule Limits Access to Credit
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Members of the Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee expressed concerns at a hearing today that the Qualified Mortgage rule mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act will reduce access to credit that qualified borrowers need to buy homes. Dodd-Frank’s ‘Conflict Minerals’ Provision Has Failed to Reduce Violence, Made Matters Worse for Congo
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A provision buried deep within the 2,300-page Dodd-Frank Act is hurting the very people it was supposed to help in the war-torn central African nation of the Congo, according to expert witnesses who testified today before the Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee. Chairman Hensarling Floor Remarks on H.R. 1062, the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act
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House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensalring (R-TX) delivered the following statement on the House floor today in support of H.R. 1062, the SEC Accountability Act. Hensarling: IRS Scandal Raises Concerns About “Tactics of Harassment” within the Administration
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At an oversight hearing on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today, Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) said the IRS scandal causes Americans to wonder “just how pervasive the IRS’s tactics of harassment” are within the administration and whether a proposal before the SEC raises similar concerns that political opponents of the administration could be targeted. Hearing Explores Government Role in Multifamily and Health Care Facilities Mortgage Insurance and Reverse Mortgages
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The Financial Services Housing and Insurance Subcommittee continued its examination of the troubled Federal Housing Administration (FHA) today with a hearing that focused on several of the agency’s programs that operate outside its mission. Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Continues Review of ‘Too Big to Fail’
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The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee continued its review of the Dodd-Frank Act’s failure to end “Too Big to Fail” with a hearing on Wednesday that focused on the Act’s bailout regime. House Passes JOBS Act Deadline Bill and Homes for Heroes Act
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The House of Representatives today passed two bipartisan Financial Services Committee bills, including one that sets a deadline for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to implement a key provision of the JOBS Act. Subcommittee Discusses Defense Production Act Reauthorization
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The House Financial Services Committee’s Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee heard testimony today on the importance of reauthorizing the Defense Production Act (DPA). Chairman Hensarling Opening Statement at Today's Full Committee Markup
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Today the Committee will consider nine separate pieces of legislation. Two to amend the bipartisan JOBS Act, six to amend Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act, and one to enhance the economic analysis performed by the Securities and Exchange Commission in carrying out its regulatory responsibilities. Browse Documents by Date or Issue |
