Sunday Video Message | Rep. Scott Garrett
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Capital Markets & GSEs Subcommittee Chairman Scott Garrett (Facebook | Twitter) delivers this week's Sunday Video Message -- our last before the August District Work Period -- on the PATH Act. Financial Services, Oversight Looking at CFPB Employees Profiting from Mortgage Rules
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House Financial Services Chairman Jeb Henserling, R-Texas and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., sent a letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray about concerns that senior employees have left CFPB in order to profit from the very rules they helped create. Sunday Video Message | Rep. Shelley Moore Capito
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Financial Institutions & Consumer Credit Subcommittee Chairman Shelley Moore Capito (Facebook | Twitter) delivers this week's Sunday Video Message on the PATH Act. The Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act was approved by the full committee on Wednesday. ICYMI: Chairman Hensarling on Bloomberg’s Capitol Gains
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“…if you don't get rid of the permanent, everyday government guarantee in the secondary mortgage market, I fear all you've done is put Fannie and Freddie in the Federal Witness Protection Program. Give them a facelift, give them new names, maybe they come out as Eddie and Annie. And yet they're released on an unsuspecting public.” Hensarling on the PATH Act – Protecting… Sunday Video Message | Rep. Randy Neugebauer
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Housing & Insurance Subcommittee Chairman Randy Neugebauer (Facebook | Twitter) delivers this week's Sunday Video Message on the PATH Act. The full committee will markup the PATH Act this Tuesday at 10:15 a.m. Read more about the act -- including how it sustains the 30-year fixed rate mortgage and enables FHA to play an expanded role in times of crisis -- on our Bottom Line Blog. Chairman Hensarling Opening Statement at PATH Act Hearing
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Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today's full committee hearing on the Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act. A Reminder of the Corruption That Helped Birth the Biggest Bailout in History
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“Fannie Mae will never impose a cost on the American taxpayer…” – James A. Johnson, Chief Executive Officer of Fannie Mae, testifying before the House of Representatives, April 17, 1996 “Under the direction of James A. Johnson, Fannie Mae’s calculating and politically connected chief executive, the company capitalized on its government ties, building itself into the largest and most… Fact Finding: 11 Hearings on Sustainable Housing Finance Reforms in 2013
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UPDATE: After releasing details of the PATH Act, the full committee held a hearing entitled “A Legislative Proposal to Protect American Taxpayers and Homeowners by Creating a Sustainable Housing Finance System” on July 17, 2013, bringing the total to 12 hearing and more than 50 witnesses on this subject since January. We've blogged before about the importance of… Chairman Hensarling Opening Statement at Today's Hearing with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke
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Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today's full committee hearing with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Chairman Hensarling Comments on Senate Confirmation of CFPB Director
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Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) issued the following statement today about the Senate’s vote to confirm Richard Cordray as the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Browse Documents by Date or Issue |
