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Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s hearing schedule for next week. Tuesday, March 25 at 10 a.m. – The Financial Services Committee will hold the first of several planned hearings focused on the threat posed by America’s rising national debt.  Tuesday’s hearing will focus on “Why the Debt Matters.”  Additional hearings in… Read more »

Amid signs that the issue of deficits and debt have fallen off Washington's radar, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced his committee is undertaking a series of in-depth hearings focused on the threat posed by America's rising national debt. “After having served on the House Budget Committee, the Simpson-Bowles Commission and the so-called… Read more »

The House Financial Services Committee today passed five bills with bipartisan support to provide regulatory relief for America’s small businesses and community financial institutions. “We all know that creating jobs, hope and opportunity for the American people -- who have lost way too many jobs, way too much hope and way too much opportunity -- is still the number one job we have… Read more »

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today’s full committee markup:   CLICK TO WATCH … Read more »

The House is in session Tuesday through Friday this week. Here’s what’s happening: On Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. the Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee will hold a hearing to examine the Federal Reserve’s role in credit allocation. This hearing is part of the Committee’s Federal Reserve Centennial Oversight Project to bring accountability and transparency to the Federal Reserve. On… Read more »

Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced that Janet Yellen will make her first appearance before a congressional committee as chairman of the Federal Reserve when she appears before the committee on Feb. 11. Read more »

6,778 total words. 40 words devoted to housing finance reform. 0 housing finance reform proposals from the Obama administration in 5 years 1 bill in Congress that protects taxpayers from ever again having to foot the bill for a housing crisis by ending the bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and explicitly preserves the 30-year fixed rate… Read more »

Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today's full committee hearing on the CFPB: Read more »

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today questioned CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Bureau’s plans to spend $145 million for renovations to its Washington headquarters. Read more »

U.S. Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), a leading conservative and chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement in response to President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union Address. Read more »