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By The Editorial Board Wall Street Journal   President Trump hasn’t fired Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) director Richard Cordray despite ample cause. Yet the economic costs continue to compound—now with the bureau’s payday-loan rule that seeks to put the industry out of business. The CFPB on Thursday finalized its rule regulating the pay-day market. These… Read more »

Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s schedule for the week of October 9: Wednesday, October 11 at 10:00 a.m. – The committee will meet to consider the following bills: ·        HR 477, the “Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today’s hearing to examine the Equifax data breach: On September 7, Equifax announced what it called a “cybersecurity incident” at its business that potentially affects 145 million U.S. consumers, nearly half of all Americans.  In other words, if you are hearing my… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today’s hearing to review the Securities and Exchange Commission’s agenda, operations and budget: This morning we welcome Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton for his first appearance before the committee.  It has been almost a year since an SEC… Read more »

WASHINGTON – House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s hearing on sustainable housing finance reform: Today we welcome back our former colleague and committee member Mel Watt, the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.  Director Watt served with distinction… Read more »

Today the Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held a hearing to examine insurance for non-profit organizations. The purpose of this hearing was to evaluate the availability of property insurance coverage for non-profit organizations and address whether Risk Retention Groups (RRGs) should be granted the authority to offer property and auto coverage. “The input from this subcommittee… Read more »

The House voted 264-155 today for legislation that includes a bipartisan effort to encourage the creation of private flood insurance markets in an effort to provide homeowners with more coverage options at more affordable rates. The bipartisan Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act, sponsored by Reps. Dennis Ross (R-FL) and Kathy Castor (D-FL), would correct a longstanding… Read more »

The Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held a hearing today to examine the Family Self-Sufficiency Program (FSS), a program that enables HUD-assisted families to increase their earned income and reduce their dependency on welfare assistance and rental subsidies. “Today’s subcommittee on the Family Self-Sufficiency Program was essential in learning what needs to be done to achieve our… Read more »

Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following remarks in support of the Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act: Mr. Speaker, it’s so obvious to all as we have looked in horror on our television screens to see the devastation of Harvey, Irma and Maria. There have been lots of tragic stories, harrowing tales of survival. I’ve… Read more »

The House Financial Services Committee released a second interim staff report on its investigation into the Wells Fargo fraudulent account scandal and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) enforcement action on the matter. An internal CFPB “Recommendation Memorandum” for the Director – improperly withheld from the Committee for over a year – reveals the Bureau failed to fully… Read more »