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  • WEEK IN REVIEW
    Dec 4, 2015 - House Passes Hensarling's Amendment Including 15 Bipartisan Financial Services Bills On Thursday the House of Representatives passed a five-year highway bill that includes Chairman Jeb Hensarling's (R-TX) amendment of 15 bipartisan financial services bills. These bills have all previously passed th... More
  • WEEK IN REVIEW
    Nov 20, 2015 - House Passes Federal Reserve Transparency and Consumer Protection Bills This week the House of Representatives passed seven bipartisan Financial Services Committee bills, including bills to make the Federal Reserve more transparent and accountable and to protect consumers from the Consumer Financial... More
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    Nov 6, 2015 - Committee Passes Bills to Make Financial Regulators Accountable to Hardworking Taxpayers On Wednesday, the Financial Services Committee passed oversight bills to bring greater accountability and transparency to the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) and its research arm, the Office of Fina... More
  • WEEK IN REVIEW
    Oct 30, 2015 - House Passes Bill to Protect Low and Middle-Income Savers The House of Representatives passed H.R. 1090, the Retail Investor Protection Act sponsored by Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO), on Tuesday by a bipartisan vote of 245-186. This bill was designed to put a stop to the Department of Labor's (DOL) propose... More
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    Oct 23, 2015 - HUD at 50 The Financial Services Committee held a hearing Thursday to review the role and impact the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has had on federal housing policy in the 50 years since its creation. Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) said, "Our collective goal cannot be limited to ... More
  • What Successful Innovation in Housing Looks Like
    Oct 22, 2015 - One of the witnesses at today’s committee hearing on the Future of Housing in America is Renee Glover, who has been actively involved in affordable housing for more than 30 years from several different vantage points: the private sector, the public sector and the international non-government sector... More
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    Oct 9, 2015 - House Passes Bipartisan Consumer Protection and Regulatory Relief Bills The House passed five bipartisan Financial Services bills this week, including one that provides a formal hold-harmless period for those making a good faith effort to comply with the CFPB’s 1,888-page TRID rule, which became eff... More
  • WEEK IN REVIEW
    Oct 2, 2015 - CFPB, Dodd-Frank Harms Consumers On Tuesday, CFPB Director Richard Cordray faced intense questioning – from committee members of both parties – particularly about the unaccountable Bureau’s efforts to unfairly pursue auto lenders and dealers, even though the Dodd-Frank Act expressly exempts dealers... More
  • WEEK IN REVIEW
    Sep 18, 2015 - Dodd-Frank's Impact 5 Years Later: We Are Less Free As the nation marked Constitution Day on Thursday, the Financial Services Committee heard from witnesses that the Dodd-Frank Act makes Americans less free. By centralizing greater power in the hands of Washington bureaucrats, Dodd-Frank results in ... More
  • WEEK IN REVIEW
    Sep 11, 2015 - Lawmakers Express Bipartisan Concerns Over Labor Dept. Retirement Regulation A controversial regulation proposed by the Department of Labor will make it harder for Americans, especially those with lower and middle incomes, to plan for retirement said Republicans, several Democrats and witnesses at ... More