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  • VIDEO: Dodd-Frank - 5 Years of Failures
    Jul 20, 2015 - CLICK HERE TO WATCH WASHINGTON- Five years ago this week President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Act into law with much fanfare and celebration. He and other Democrats promised Dodd-Frank’s 2,300 pages and 400 more regulations would “lift the economy,” “end too big to fail” and “promote financial sta... More
  • Weekly Republican Address: Together, We Can End Wall Street Bailouts & Grow Our Economy
    Jul 20, 2015 - WASHINGTON – In this week’s Republican address, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) discusses Republicans’ commitment to protecting hardworking families and small business owners from the job-crushing Dodd-Frank law, which President Obama signed five years ago this wee... More
  • Hensarling Delivers Speech Tuesday on Dodd-Frank Act Anniversary
    Jul 17, 2015 - WASHINGTON – Tuesday, July 21 marks five years since President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Act into law. Weighing in at 2,300 pages and mandating 400 new regulations that – so far – have generated 22,296 pages of rules in the Federal Register, Dodd-Frank is the most dramatic and sweeping rewrite of ... More
  • WEEK IN REVIEW
    Jul 17, 2015 - Committee Focuses on Monetary Policy and the Economy The Federal Reserve’s lack of transparency and accountability and the state of the U.S. economy were the main topics members addressed at Wednesday’s Financial Services Committee hearing with Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen "Following a monetar... More
  • Hensarling Calls for More Transparent and Accountable Federal Reserve
    Jul 15, 2015 - CLICK HERE TO WATCH WASHINGTON- Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling delivered the following opening statement at today’s Full Committee hearing with Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen: Last week this committee began a series of hearings examining the Dodd-Frank Act on its fifth ann... More
  • Subcommittee Examines Lack of Transparency and Accountability at the Federal Reserve
    Jul 14, 2015 - WASHINGTON - The Financial Services Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee held a hearing today to examine the lack of transparency and accountability at the Federal Reserve. The powers of the Federal Reserve significantly expanded under the Dodd-Frank Act signed into law five years ago this mont... More
  • ADVISORY: Hensarling to Deliver Speech on Dodd-Frank’s Anniversary
    Jul 13, 2015 - House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) will deliver a speech, “Dodd-Frank Five Years Later: An America Less Free, Less Prosperous and Less Stable” on Tuesday, July 21 at 2:30 p.m. EDT at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) to mark the fifth anniversary of the Dodd-Fran... More
  • Subcommittee Examines HUD’s Public and Indian Housing Programs
    Jul 10, 2015 - WASHINGTON —The Financial Services Housing and Insurance Subcommittee held a hearing today to conduct oversight of the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Public and Indian Housing programs. Despite 50 years of experience and over $1.6 trillion in annual appropriations, HUD remains o... More
  • FSC Majority | Week in Review
    Jul 10, 2015 - Committee Explores Dodd-Frank's Impact on Financial Stability On Thursday, the Financial Services Committee held the first of a series of planned hearings on the impacts the Dodd-Frank Act has had in the five years since it was signed into law. Thursday’s hearing focused on whether Dodd-Frank has ma... More
  • Hearing Schedule for the Week of July 13
    Jul 10, 2015 - Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s hearing schedule for the week of July 13th. Tuesday, July 14th at 10:00 A.M. – The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the Federal Reserve’s lack of transparency and accountabilit... More