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  • Sunday Video Message | Rep. Keith Rothfus
    Jun 30, 2013 - Pennsylvania Congressman Keith Rothfus (Facebook | Twitter) delivers this week's Sunday Video Message. He shares his reaction to Wednesday's full committee hearing on "Too Big to Fail" in the post-Dodd-Frank world. Spoiler Alert! Dodd-Frank did not, does not and will not end Too Big to Fail. More
  • Weekend Must Reads
    Jun 29, 2013 - Wall Street Journal: Regulators have created a mortgage minefield Incompatible and contradictory federal regulations -- including those in Dodd-Frank -- have created a mortgage minefield. The ultimate casualties will be the nascent housing recovery and the American home buyer. AEI: Overzealous inter... More
  • Weekly Rundown
    Jun 24, 2013 - Just one full day of committee activity for this week before the July 4th District Work Period. But be sure to check back here on the Bottom Line Blog -- and subscribe to our email lists -- for updates throughout the week. Here's what's happening: On Wednesday at 10 a.m. the full committee examines ... More
  • Sunday Video Message | Rep. Patrick McHenry
    Jun 23, 2013 - Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Patrick McHenry delivers this week's Sunday Video Message. He discusses what we learned about the CFPB in this week's Financial Institutions and Oversight hearings. More
  • CFPB HQ Renovation Budget Tops $75,000... Per Employee
    Jun 21, 2013 - On Tuesday, Members of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee examined the budget for the Consumer Protection Financial Bureau (CFPB) with the bureau's Chief Financial Officer. While the CFPB generally lacks oversight and accountability, one particular issue of concern raised at the hearing ... More
  • H.R. 1135 Repeals Complex and Misleading Pay Disclosure Requirement
    Jun 19, 2013 - Congressman Bill Huizenga joined us to talk about H.R. 1135, the Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act. The bill repeals Section 953(b) of the Dodd-Frank Act that requires all publicly traded companies to calculate and disclose the median annual total compensation of all employees and compare that ... More
  • H.R. 1564 & 1105 Break Down Regulatory Barriers to Job Creation
    Jun 19, 2013 - Congressman Robert Hurt introduced two of the bills we considered in today's markup: H.R. 1564, the Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act and H.R. 1105, the Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act. Both were reported favorably by the committee with bipartisan support. The first bill... More
  • Weekly Rundown
    Jun 17, 2013 - Two subcommittee hearings and a full committee markup make for a slightly lighter week than last. Be sure to check back here on the Bottom Line Blog -- and subscribe to our email lists -- for updates throughout the week. Here’s what’s happening: On Tuesday -- as Rep. Capito previewed in our Sunday ... More
  • Sunday Video Message | Rep. Shelley Moore Capito
    Jun 16, 2013 - Financial Institutions & Consumer Credit Subcommittee Chairman Shelley Moore Capito delivers this week's Sunday Video Message, the first in our new series. In the video, Rep. Capito previews next week's hearing on the Dodd-Frank Act's negative impact on homeownership. More
  • Weekend Must Reads
    Jun 15, 2013 - Fortune: The Fed's other trillion dollar problem The amount of money banks have at the Fed recently reached 13 digits, for the first time ever. Bloomberg: New Home Prices Say What’s Different This Time Although no two business cycles are alike, most share some common characteristics. The interest-ra... More