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House Passes Four Bipartisan Financial Services Bills

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WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives advanced four bipartisan Financial Services bills: H.R. 389, the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Act; H.R. 1037, the Banking Transparency for Sanctioned Persons Act; H.R. 1060, the BUILD Act; and a short-term extension of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which was set to expire this month. Republican leader of the…

Newsmakers with Representative Patrick McHenry

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Representative Patrick McHenry (R-NC), ranking member of the Financial Services Committee, talked about issues related to his committee’s domain. Topics included Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, President Trump’s difficulties with his recent with central bank nominees, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and congressional news. 

Strong Bipartisan Collaboration on Financial Services Legislation

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WASHINGTON – This week, the House Financial Services Committee favorably reported five pieces of legislation out of committee, many with strong bipartisan collaboration and support. Additionally, the Committee passed two resolutions to establish the Financial Technology (FinTech) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Task Forces within the Financial Services Committee. The Republican leader…

McHenry and Waters Introduce Flood Insurance Extension; Commit to Working on Long-Term Reauthorization

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WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, and Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Financial Services, announced that they have introduced legislation (H.R. 2578) to extend the National Flood Insurance Program’s (NFIP) authorization to September 30, 2019. The authorization is due…

McHenry Continues Push for Consumer Focused Agenda

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WASHINGTON – Republican leader of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), sent letters to several financial regulators on Friday requesting a status update on their agencies’ efforts to implement regulations that would “promote economic growth and competition in our marketplaces,” which directly benefits consumers.  Many of the regulations referenced by the…

Top Financial Services Republican presses regulators on Dodd-Frank rollbacks

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The top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee on Friday pressed federal regulators for updates on their efforts to finalize rule rollbacks signed by President Trump in 2018.  Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), asked the chiefs of five federal financial regulatory agencies for status updates on their implementation of a bipartisan law passed to loosen…

Republicans Advocate for Innovative Approach to Addressing Affordable Housing

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WASHINGTON – Today, the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing to examine proposed Democrat legislation that would infuse $92.1 billion into government housing programs, with no reform or modernization of these depression-era plans. Republican leader of the committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), began by applauding Democrat’s agreement with Republicans that addressing “barriers…

House passes bills to protect elderly investors

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The House today advanced three financial services bills designed to protect both the elderly and young adults. — The Senior Security Act of 2019 H.R. 1876 (116) would create a task force at the SEC to place a priority on senior investors' concerns. — H. Res. 327 (116) seeks to encourage greater public-private sector collaboration to promote financial literacy for…

Luetkemeyer Delivers Opening Statement on Short-Term Small-Dollar Lending

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WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Consumer Credit and Financial Institutions, delivered the following opening statement at a hearing on short-term, small-dollar lending: Thank you Mr. Chairman. Over the years, I’ve heard countless stories from my constituents who…

Top Republican rebukes Democrats on bank subpoenas

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The top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee today accused Democrats of playing politics by using their investigative powers to subpoena nine big banks as part of probes into President Donald Trump and Russians' illicit use of the financial system. In a letter to Financial Services Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) said he was concerned…

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