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House Passes Bipartisan Regulatory Relief Bills for Consumers As the House marked "Financial Independence Week,” lawmakers passed eight bipartisan regulatory relief bills to promote a healthier economy, preserve consumer choice, and help more Americans achieve the dream of financial independence. “The American dream for so many low and moderate income Americans is that one day they can… Read more »

According to the acting Inspector General of the Export-Import Bank, Michael McCarthy, future indictments surrounding the bank’s activities are possible, including additional indictments related to former loan officer Johnny Gutierrez. McCarthy made these comments to lawmakers during a joint House Financial Services and Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee hearing today. Upon… Read more »

  CLICK HERE TO WATCH   Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following remarks at this morning’s House Republican leadership press conference to discuss the committee’s bipartisan regulatory relief bills as part of “Financial Independence Week” in the House of… Read more »

Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling delivered the following floor statement in support of H.R. 650, the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act, sponsored by Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-TN) and co-sponsored by Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL), Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ): I thank the gentleman for yielding but more importantly I thank him for… Read more »

Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following floor statement in support of H.R. 685, the Mortgage Choice Act, sponsored by Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and co-sponsored by Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Rep. David Scott (D-GA), Rep. Michael Doyle (D-PA), Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN), Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-FL) and Rep. Peter Visclosky (D-IN): Mr. Speaker,… Read more »

As part of “Financial Independence Week” in the House of Representatives, eight bipartisan bills from the Financial Services Committee were approved to promote a healthier economy, preserve consumer choice, and help more Americans achieve the dream of financial independence. “The American dream for so many low and moderate income Americans is that one day they can achieve financial… Read more »

This week, the House will consider a number of bipartisan bills recently passed by the Financial Services Committee to promote a healthier economy, preserve consumer choice, and help Americans achieve the dream of financial independence. The explosive growth of regulation following the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act has made it significantly harder for community banks and credit unions… Read more »

Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s hearing schedule for the week of April 13. Wednesday, April 15 at 10:00 A.M.- A joint hearing with the Financial Services Committee’s Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee and Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s Health Care, Benefits and Administrative Rules Subcommittee to examine… Read more »

House Financial Services Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade, and Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits, and Administrative Rules, will examine Export–Import Bank reforms including the 2012 reauthorization report, during a hearing on Wednesday, April 15, at 10 am. “The Export-Import Bank has long been broken and it is our responsibility to closely… Read more »

Republican leaders on the House Financial Services Committee are calling on federal financial regulatory agencies to publicly disavow their “past, present, and future involvement in Operation Choke Point or any similar operation” in letters sent Wednesday. The committee Republicans also request that the agencies take internal actions to ensure “deposit account terminations are based on… Read more »