Hensarling Votes for Legislative Response to Obama’s Unconstitutional Labor Relations Board Appointments
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Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today voted for legislation requiring the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to cease activity until legal uncertainty over the President’s appointment of board members is resolved. Subcommittee Discusses Bipartisan Bills to Fix Dodd-Frank Derivatives Provisions, Strengthen SEC Accountability
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Bipartisan measures to fix unintended consequences of derivatives provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act and to require the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to conduct cost-benefit analyses of regulations were discussed during a hearing today of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises. Chairman Hensarling Comments on Expected Taxpayer Bailout of FHA
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Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today issued the following statement concerning the expectation in the President’s budget that the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will require a nearly $1 billion taxpayer bailout this year: Subcommittee Hearing Shows FHA's Current Policies and Practices Create an Impediment to a Sustainable Housing Finance System
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The Federal Housing Administration (FHA), as it operates today, is an impediment to a sustainable housing finance system and must be reformed, witnesses told the House Financial Services Housing and Insurance Subcommittee today. Subcommittee Hearing Examines Regulatory Burden on Credit Unions
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The regulatory burden stemming from the confusing, complex and voluminous rules and regulations mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act are having a harmful effect on credit unions’ ability to serve their customers, according to industry experts testifying at today’s House Financial Services Committee Financial Institutions Subcommittee hearing. Hensarling Announces April Hearing Schedule
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House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s schedule for April. Throughout the month, the committee will continue its focus on creating a sustainable housing finance policy, relieving the regulatory burden on small community financial institutions, and ending “Too Big to Fail.” So far this year the committee has held five… Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling Comments on FOMC Decision to Continue Monetary Stimulus
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House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) made the following statement today about the Federal Open Market Committee’s decision to continue its highly accommodative monetary policy stance More Regulations, Fewer Community Banks Due to Dodd-Frank
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Nearly three years after the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act, community banks continue to struggle with navigating the confusing, complex, voluminous, and harmful rules and regulations of this law according to a recent report from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) reviewed at today’s Financial Institutions Subcommittee hearing. Chairman Hensarling's Opening Statement at Today's Hearing with FHFA Director Edward J. DeMarco
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House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delievered the following opening statement at today's hearing with Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Edward J. DeMarco GAO Report: Dodd-Frank Regulators Failing to Carry Out Missions, Operate with Little Accountability and Transparency
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Nearly three years after enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act, two powerful regulators created under the law are not fulfilling their missionsand operate far from the public’s eye, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report reviewed at aFinancial Services Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing today. Browse Documents by Date or Issue |
