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Hensarling Statement on SEC "Midnight Regulations"
Dec 13, 2016
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WASHINGTON – House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) issued the following statement concerning SEC Chair Mary Jo White’s refusal to stop “midnight regulations” in the waning days of the Obama Administration: “The press is characterizing Chair White’s decision to try to rush...
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Hensarling Reacts to Boeing Sale of Jets to Iran
Dec 12, 2016
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House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) made the following comments upon news that Boeing has finalized an agreement to sell 80 commercial aircraft to Iran Air – the state owned national carrier of Iran. “Boeing’s actions to aid the world’s foremost state sponsor of terrori...
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WEEK IN REVIEW
Dec 9, 2016
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Subcommittee Reviews Regulatory Impact on Short-Term Financing The Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Subcommittee held a hearing on Thursday to consider the impact regulatory activities since 2010 have had on short-term financing in the U.S. capital markets, including repurchase a...
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ICYMI: Banks to Donald Trump: Don’t Kill Dodd-Frank
Dec 8, 2016
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December 8, 2016 Big banks have an unexpected message for President-elect Donald Trump: Don’t trash the Dodd-Frank Act. “We’re not asking for wholesale throwing out Dodd-Frank,” J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. chief James Dimon said at a financial-services conference this week where he and other big-bank e...
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Subcommittee Examines the Fed’s Unconventional Monetary Policy
Dec 7, 2016
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WASHINGTON – The Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee held a hearing on Wednesday to examine the Federal Reserve’s departures from conventional monetary policy and how a more principled and transparent monetary policy strategy can better support economic growth going forward. “Economic opportunity...
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House Passes Bill to Increase Transparency in International Regulatory Discussions
Dec 7, 2016
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WASHINGTON- The House passed legislation on Wednesday that would enhance congressional oversight of international deliberations relating to insurance standards by a vote of 239-170. Sponsored by Housing and Insurance Subcommittee Chairman Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), the Transparent Insurance Standard...
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House Passes Package of Pro-Growth Financial Services Bills
Dec 5, 2016
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WASHINGTON – The House on Monday passed the Creating Financial Prosperity for Businesses and Investors Act (H.R. 6427) by a vote of 391-2. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ) would increase investment opportunities for more Americans and help grow the economy. “The Creating Financial Pr...
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Hensarling Elected to Third Term as Financial Services Committee Chairman
Dec 2, 2016
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WASHINGTON – Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) issued the following statement today after he was elected to a third term as chairman of the committee for the upcoming 115th Congress: “I am humbled by the support and trust of my colleagues to continue my service as chairman ...
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Media Advisory: Committee Hearing Schedule for the Week of December 5
Dec 2, 2016
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WASHINGTON – Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s hearing schedule for the week of December 5: Wednesday, December 7 at 10:00 A.M. – The Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Unconventional Monetary Policy.” Thursd...
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WEEK IN REVIEW
Dec 2, 2016
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Bipartisan Bill to Fix Dodd-Frank “Mistake” Passes the House The House passed bipartisan legislation on Thursday to better gauge and more accurately reflect the potential risks that financial institutions could pose to the economy. H.R. 6392, the Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act, replaces ...
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