News List

  • Hensarling: To support more robust economic growth, economic justice and equal opportunity for all, it is time to wind down Ex-Im.
    Jun 3, 2015 - CLICK HERE TO WATCH Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today’s full committee hearing to examine the Export-Import Bank’s reauthorization request. This is the committee’s third hearing on Ex-Im this year: I begin my comments by a... More
  • Witnesses Testify Export-Import Bank Tilts Playing Field Against U.S. Workers
    Jun 3, 2015 - Witnesses appearing before the House Financial Services Committee today at a hearing on the Export-Import Bank are testifying that Ex-Im harms some American jobs, tilts the playing field against some U.S. companies and has problems with corruption. Excerpts from their submitted testimony are below: ... More
  • Editorial: Congress should let Ex-Im charter expire
    Jun 1, 2015 - By Dallas Morning News Editorial Board June 1, 2015 Congress returns to its business facing a question that manifestly affects our business: How much should the federal government jam a meaty thumb onto the scale and favor one company over another? This is what the Export-Import Bank of the United ... More
  • ICYMI: $25,887,000,000,000
    May 26, 2015 - By Wall Street Journal Editorial Board May 25, 2015 LINK TO STORY The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond has again done the public service of toting up all the implied and explicit government guarantees backing the U.S. financial system. Are you sitting down? Richmond Fed researchers find that as of ... More
  • FSC Majority | Week in Review
    May 22, 2015 - Committee Passes 13 Jobs Bills The committee passed 13 bills on Wednesday to help Main Street businesses gain access to the capital they need to grow and create jobs. "We still have millions and millions of our fellow countrymen, hardworking moderate-income taxpayers, who find themselves with stagna... More
  • Federal Reserve Subpoenaed Over Leak
    May 21, 2015 - Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) issued a subpoena today to the Federal Reserve for its failure to comply with document requests from the committee for information concerning the leak of market-sensitive Fed deliberations to a private financial newsletter. Chairman Hensarl... More
  • Hensarling Highlights Real Help for Small Businesses
    May 20, 2015 - CLICK HERE TO WATCH Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today’s full committee markup where the committee will consider a number of overwhelmingly bipartisan bills to help small businesses access the capital they need to grow the ... More
  • Committee Approves Bipartisan Jobs Bills
    May 20, 2015 - As small businesses continue to be mired in the longest, slowest recovery in the post-war era, the Financial Services Committee today approved 13 bills that will help Main Street businesses access the capital they need to grow the economy and create jobs. True, sustainable economic growth that incre... More
  • Subcommittee Examines the Rural Housing Service
    May 19, 2015 - The Financial Services Housing and Insurance Subcommittee held an oversight hearing on Tuesday to examine the performance, challenges and budget priorities of the Rural Housing Service (RHS). “Today’s hearing will allow those concerned with the future of housing, members of this subcommittee and pe... More
  • Hensarling: What Kind of Economy Are You Looking For?
    May 19, 2015 - Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) joined several other conservative House members and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) at a news conference on Tuesday to call for an end to the Export-Import Bank. Noting that business organizations in Washington appear to be fighting harder for the co... More