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  • Weekly Rundown
    Jan 6, 2014 - Welcome back for the Second Session of the 113th Congress. The House convenes on Tuesday with votes scheduled through Friday this week. Here's what's happening: On Thursday at 10 a.m. the Monetary Policy & Trade Subcommittee continues our Federal Reserve Oversight Project with a hearing on the inte... More
  • WSJ: A Good Time for Housing Reform
    Jan 6, 2014 - WSJ Editorial | January 5, 2014 The prospects for progress on Capitol Hill this year are few, but one possibility is reform of federal housing policy. With home prices rising and the economy growing, now is a good time to pare back the government support that has too often led to unsustainable hous... More
  • Media Buzz: The Federal Reserve Centennial Oversight Project
    Dec 17, 2013 - Earlier this month Chairman Hensarling and Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Campbell announced the committee's “Federal Reserve Centennial Oversight Project” – an aggressive series of hearings slated during 2014 that will culminate in the markup of legislation to reform how the nation... More
  • Sunday Video Message | Rep. John Campbell
    Dec 15, 2013 - Congressman John Campbell (Twitter | Facebook) delivers this week's Sunday Video Message on the committee's Federal Reserve Centennial Oversight Project. More
  • Weekly Rundown
    Dec 9, 2013 - The House is in session Monday through Friday this week -- the last week of session and committee activity currently scheduled for 2013. Here's what's happening: On Thursday at 9:30 a.m., Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will testify on the state of the international finance system. The full committee w... More
  • Sunday Video Message | Rep. Robert Hurt
    Dec 8, 2013 - Congressman Robert Hurt (Twitter | Facebook) delivers this week's Sunday Video Message on H.R. 1105, the Small Business Capital Access & Job Preservation Act. H.R. 1105 passed the House with strong bipartisan support last week. More
  • 120 Year Old Kentucky Bank Faces Greatest Challenge Yet
    Dec 5, 2013 - Since 1893, Owingsville Banking Company (OBC) has served the citizens of rural Bath County Kentucky. The bank endured the Great Depression, the stagflation of the 1970s and, most recently, the Great Recession. Today, however, OBC faces a new challenge -- not the difficult market conditions of this ... More
  • Floor Vote Prep | H.R. 1105, the Small Business Capital Access & Job Preservation Act
    Dec 3, 2013 - The Problem: Excessive and unnecessary regulations hurt our economy, increase costs and restrict access to private sector capital that our nation’s job creators need to grow the economy and create jobs. The Example: Title IV of the Dodd-Frank Act imposes new registration and reporting requirements o... More
  • Weekly Rundown
    Dec 2, 2013 - The House is in session Monday through Thursday this week and will consider one Financial Services Committee bill. Be sure to check back here on the Bottom Line Blog -- and sign up for our email updates -- for additional information throughout the week. Here's whats happening: On Wednesday at 10 a.... More
  • Chairman Hensarling Op-Ed: Giving the FHA a new lease on life
    Nov 27, 2013 - Chairman Hensarling Op-Ed | November 27, 2013 Persistently weak job growth, higher taxes on families and record-breaking government debt are the hallmarks of the failed economic experiment known as Obamanomics. It is an experiment made up of many policies, but its core revolves around one central b... More