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Earlier this month Chairman Hensarling and Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Campbell announced the committee's “Federal Reserve Centennial Oversight Project” – an aggressive series of hearings slated during 2014 that will culminate in the markup of legislation to reform how the nation’s central bank operates. The Oversight Project coincides with the 100th anniversary of… Read more »

Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today’s full committee hearing with Treasury Secretary Jack Lew: Read more »

It is on this occasion that I announce the House Committee on Financial Services Federal Reserve Centennial Oversight Project. Our Committee will undertake the most rigorous examination of the Fed’s purposes, policies and track record in its history. Read more »

Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) and Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee Chairman John Campbell (R-CA) today announced the “Federal Reserve Centennial Oversight Project” – an aggressive series of hearings during 2014 that will culminate with the development of legislation to reform how the nation’s central bank operates. Read more »

Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) made the following statement after regulators issued a final version of the “Volcker Rule” on Tuesday. Read more »

Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) made the following statement after Rep. Mel Watt was confirmed today by the United States Senate as the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Read more »

Congressman Robert Hurt (Twitter | Facebook) delivers this week's Sunday Video Message on H.R. 1105, the Small Business Capital Access & Job Preservation Act. H.R. 1105 passed the House with strong bipartisan support last week. Read more »

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of H.R. 1105, the Small Business Capital Access & Job Preservation Act. Read more »

The House is in session Monday through Thursday this week and will consider one Financial Services Committee bill. Be sure to check back here on the Bottom Line Blog -- and sign up for our email updates -- for additional information throughout the week.  Here's whats happening:  On Wednesday at 10 a.m. the Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee will… Read more »

Chairman Hensarling Op-Ed | November 27, 2013 Persistently weak job growth, higher taxes on families and record-breaking government debt are the hallmarks of the failed economic experiment known as Obamanomics. It is an experiment made up of many policies, but its core revolves around one central belief: A larger, more powerful, more… Read more »