News List

  • Chairman Hensarling Opening Statement at Today's Hearing with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke
    Jul 17, 2013 - 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 Bernanke, welcome. We all know that your term as chairman is up at year’s end and to paraphrase Twain, we do n... More
  • Chairman Hensarling Comments on Senate Confirmation of CFPB Director
    Jul 16, 2013 - 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): "Now that Richard Cordray has been confirmed by the Senate, he meets the statutory r... More
  • Time Change for Release of Fed Chairman’s Testimony
    Jul 15, 2013 - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s testimony and the semi-annual Monetary Policy Report he will deliver to the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday, July 17 will be released to the public at 8:30 a.m. EDT that day. This is a change from earlier practice when the testimony and report ... More
  • The PATH Act Sustains the 30-Year Fixed Rate Mortgage
    Jul 15, 2013 - Leaders of the Financial Services Committee have proposed the PATH Act – the Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act (.pdf) – to create a sustainable housing finance system for the 21st century. The proposal: Ends the taxpayer-funded bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that has cost taxpa... More
  • Sunday Video Message | Chairman Jeb Hensarling
    Jul 14, 2013 - Chairman Jeb Hensarling delivers this week's Sunday Video Message introducing the Protecting American Homeowners and Taxpayers Act, the PATH Act for short. More
  • Committee Leaders Announce PATH Act to End Taxpayer Bailout and Create Sustainable Housing Finance System
    Jul 11, 2013 - Leaders on the Financial Services Committee today announced the PATH Act – the Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act – to create a sustainable housing finance system. The proposal: ends the taxpayer-funded bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and phases out the troubled Government-Sponso... More
  • House Passes Two Bipartisan Bills to Relieve the Red Tape Burden on Job Creators
    Jul 9, 2013 - The House of Representatives yesterday overwhelmingly passed two bipartisan Financial Services Committee bills to reduce the red tape burden for our nation’s job creators and to fix unintended consequences of derivatives provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act. H.R. 1564, the Audit Integrity and Job Protec... More
  • Chairman Hensarling Announces Hearing Schedule
    Jul 3, 2013 - Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s hearing schedule for the first half of July. The committee’s schedule is tentative and will depend upon witness availability and other factors that may require changes. Therefore, each meeting will become fin... More
  • Sunday Video Message | Rep. Keith Rothfus
    Jun 30, 2013 - Pennsylvania Congressman Keith Rothfus (Facebook | Twitter) delivers this week's Sunday Video Message. He shares his reaction to Wednesday's full committee hearing on "Too Big to Fail" in the post-Dodd-Frank world. Spoiler Alert! Dodd-Frank did not, does not and will not end Too Big to Fail. More
  • Chairman Hensarling Opening Statement at Today's Full Committee Hearing on 'Too-Big-to-Fail' Post- Dodd-Frank
    Jun 26, 2013 - Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today's full committee hearing examining how the Dodd-Frank Act could result in more taxpayer-funded bailouts: “Not long after the financial crisis arose in 2008, we heard the cry ‘Occupy Wall St... More