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When Democrats passed Dodd-Frank, they claimed it would "lift the economy." Instead Americans got the slowest, weakest recovery in 70 years. They promised it would end taxpayer-funded bailouts. Instead it enshrined bailouts into law. They promised it would make our system safer, but today the big banks are even bigger and America is losing one community bank or credit union a day.… Read more »

WASHINGTON – The Financial Services Subcommittee on Terrorism and Illicit Finance held a hearing Thursday to examine information sharing and data collection practices at the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and assess how the process and coordination could be improved.  “Today, most of us are very fortunate to have a more modern and secure means of storage for our… Read more »

Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today formally introduced the Financial CHOICE Act, the Republican alternative to the failed Dodd-Frank Act which has contributed to the slowest economic recovery since World War II. The Financial CHOICE Act, H.R. 10, will end taxpayer-funded bailouts of large financial institutions; impose tougher penalties on those who commit… Read more »

WASHINGTON – House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following statement at today’s meeting to examine the Financial CHOICE Act, the Republican alternative to the failed Dodd-Frank Act: It has been almost seven years since the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act. We were told it would lift our economy, but instead we are stuck in the slowest, weakest,… Read more »

Under the Obama Administration we saw the rise of imperial Washington, D.C., with the crushing weight of regulations from healthcare to energy to financial services harming small businesses and families from the coasts to the heartland. I hear it from my constituents each and every time I am in the grocery store in St. Louis or at Mass on Sundays – they're hurting, and they're hurting… Read more »

The United States has a rich history of bank crises. In fact, we’re number two in the world, with 13 all-time, just behind France with 15, and just ahead of the United Kingdom, with 12. Our first major banking regulation law, the National Currency Act, was passed in 1863 as a response to a bank failure rate of fifty percent. Each successive crisis, the Panic of 1907, the Great… Read more »

Economists at a prominent think tank based in Washington, D.C. last week reported that a full repeal of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act would boost the economy by one percent and generate $340 billion in federal revenue over a 10 year period. Dodd-Frank, as it is called for short, was passed by the Democrat controlled Congress and signed into law by… Read more »

Several witnesses scheduled to appear before the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday to discuss the Financial CHOICE Act are praising the proposal’s focus on economic growth, accountability and ending bank bailouts. CHOICE – which stands for Creating Hope and Opportunity for Investors, Consumers and Entrepreneurs – is the Republican alternative to the failed Dodd-Frank… Read more »

By Stephen E. Hessler The most significant Wall Street reform in nearly a decade may soon become law. Last Friday President Trump directed Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to review Title II of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, which gives the federal government authority to wind down involuntarily failing financial institutions. Treasury is to issue a report that considers whether changing… Read more »

The months following the 2008 financial crisis were devastating for many Americans. Hardworking men and women lost their jobs, their savings, their pensions, and their homes. But instead of taking steps to strengthen consumer protections and bring stability to the financial system, Congress and the Obama Administration responded with the Dodd-Frank Act. This piece of legislation and… Read more »