Chairman Hensarling Announces Remainder of Committee’s June Schedule
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Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s schedule of hearings and markups for the last two weeks of June. Chairman Hensarling Announces New Subcommittee Assignments for Two Members
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Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced new subcommittee assignments for two members of the committee -- Rep. Dennis Ross (R-FL) and Rep. Keith Rothfus (R-PA). Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Hearing Examines "Too Big to Jail"
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Members of the House Financial Services Oversight and Investigation Subcommittee today questioned a witness from the Department of Justice about how the department decides which financial institutions are “too big to jail” and what information they rely upon to make such decisions. Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Continues Review of ‘Too Big to Fail’
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The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee continued its review of the Dodd-Frank Act’s failure to end “Too Big to Fail” with a hearing on Wednesday that focused on the Act’s bailout regime. Who is Too Big to Fail?: Hearing Examines if Dodd-Frank Authorizes the Break Up of Financial Institutions
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After two and half years, the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) have yet to clarify their authority under the Dodd-Frank Act to break up large financial institutions, leaving questions as to what their view of this authority is, the Financial Services Committee Oversight and Investigation Subcommittee learned at a hearing yesterday. SEC’s Failure to Implement Bipartisan JOBS Act Harms Economy
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By ignoring the deadline to implement a key provision of a bipartisan law approved a year ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is costing America’s struggling economy desperately needed jobs, members of the Financial Services Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee said today during a hearing. Subcommittees Focus on FHA; Too Big to Fail
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FHA Government backing for the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) gives it competitive advantages over private sector mortgage insurers, driving them out of the marketplace and leaving homebuyers with fewer choices, witnesses told the Financial Services Subcommittee on… Too Big to Fail; Too Big to Jail?
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Last week Chairman Hensarling and Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Chairman McHenry sent a letter to Attorney General Holder and Treasury Secretary Lew seeking any and all documents related to the consideration of economic factors in the decision to prosecute large banks for financial crimes. The committee's investigation comes out of Mr. Holder's… GAO Report: Dodd-Frank Regulators Failing to Carry Out Missions, Operate with Little Accountability and Transparency
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Nearly three years after enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act, two powerful regulators created under the law are not fulfilling their missionsand operate far from the public’s eye, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report reviewed at aFinancial Services Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing today. Chairman Hensarling Statement on Oversight Plan Markup
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House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today’s full committee markup of its oversight plan for the 113th Congress. Browse Documents by Date or Issue |
