Today, House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill (AR-02), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence Bryan Steil (WI-01), and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Capital Markets Ann Wagner (MO-02), sent a letter to Acting Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mark Uyeda, encouraging the… Read more »
The Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, French Hill (AR-02), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Ann Wagner (MO-02), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions, Andy Barr (KY-06), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Tim Scott (R-S.C.), and Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade… Read more »
Today, the House Financial Services Committee is holding a Capital Markets Subcommittee hearing, led by Subcommittee Chair Ann Wagner (MO-02), to examine the critical role of capital formation in driving economic growth.
Read Subcommittee Chair Wagner’s opening remarks as prepared for delivery:
"Good morning and thank you all for joining us today. We’re going to be discussing ways to… Read more »
Following today’s Subcommittee on Capital Markets hearing focused on strengthening public and private markets by increasing investor access and facilitating capital formation, the House Financial Services Committee is requesting feedback from the public on capital formation and the slate of bills the Committee considered during the hearing.
Interested member of the public may send their… Read more »
Earlier this week, the House Financial Services Committee, led by Chairman French Hill (AR-02), held a hearing with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell reviewing the Federal Reserve’s Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report. Committee members pressed Chairman Powell on being too deferential to the statutory Vice Chair of Supervision under the Biden-Harris Administration, monetary policy,… Read more »
Today, House Financial Service Committee Chairman French Hill (AR-02), Capital Markets Subcommittee Chair Ann Wagner (MO-02) and Rep. Barry Loudermilk (GA-11) issued the following statement after Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Acting Director Mark Uyeda announced they will provide an exemption from the requirement to report Personally Identifiable Information (PII) in the… Read more »
Today, House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill (AR-02) announced the following hearings for February 2025:
Full Committee Hearing Entitled: “Make Community Banking Great Again”
Time: 10:00 AM ET
Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Place: 2128 Rayburn House Office Building
Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Hearing Entitled: “Operation Choke… Read more »
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed several bipartisan pieces of financial services legislation, including H.R. 1602, introduced by Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10), the Republican leader of the House Financial Services Committee. The bipartisan Eliminate Barriers to Innovation Act will establish a digital asset working group to ensure collaboration… Read more »
The Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities, and Investments held a hearing today to examine the mission, operations, and activities of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management to ensure it is conducting itself consistently with the SEC’s tri-fold mission to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation.
“Hardworking families in… Read more »
WASHINGTON – In a near unanimous vote of 406-4, today the House passed the bipartisan “JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018.” The bill – which is comprised of 32 individual pieces of legislation that have passed the Financial Services Committee or the House this Congress with broad bipartisan support – was the third and largest installment of “Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS)… Read more »
