Week in Review
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Committee Passes Bills Supporting Main Street Growth and Economic Freedom The Financial Services Committee approved 10 bills on Wednesday that are “designed to help grow our economy and provide hardworking Americans with greater economic freedom,” said Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) in his opening statement. One of those bills would “require financial regulators to tailor rules to ensure… Committee Passes Bills Supporting Main Street Growth and Economic Freedom
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WASHINGTON – The Financial Services Committee today approved 10 bills designed to promote access to capital and help reduce regulatory burdens on Main Street small businesses. The committee also approved bipartisan legislation to expand flood insurance options for homeowners. “The members of this committee are to be commended for working together in a bipartisan manner to identify… Chairman Hensarling: Bills on Today’s Agenda “Help Grow Our Economy and Provide Hardworking Americans With Greater Economic Freedom”
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WASHINGTON- Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today’s committee markup of 10 bills to help grow the economy through regulatory relief and capital formation for our nation’s Main Street businesses: Last year was an active and a productive year for our committee.… Task Force on Reducing Regulatory Burdens Releases Mission Statement
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WASHINGTON– In advance of their first idea forum today, the chairs of the Task Force on Reducing Regulatory Burdens released their mission statement. This mission statement, laying out the goals of the task… Helping the World Fight Terror Financing
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WASHINGTON – Despite international regulations and oversight bodies that commit participating countries and institutions to combat money laundering and terror financing, no central coordinating body exists to help fulfill these commitments through training and technical assistance, witnesses told members of the Financial Services Task Force to Investigate Terror Financing today.… 7 Photos from February
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WASHINGTON -- February may be the shortest month of the year, but the Financial Services Committee made every moment count – hosting 8 hearings, 1 markup, and passing bipartisan legislation to modernize federal housing programs, stop executive overreach and provide regulatory relief for Americans on Main Street. 7 photos from the Month of February: The Debt // Federal Reserve Chair… Committee Hearing Schedule for the Week of February 29
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WASHINGTON - Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s hearing schedule for the week of February 29: Tuesday, March 1 at 2:00 P.M.- The Task Force to Investigate Terrorism Financing will hold a hearing on helping the developing world fight terror finance. The hearing will examine the extent to which technical assistance relating… Subcommittee Seeks to Retain Oversight of International Insurance Regulation Deliberations
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WASHINGTON – Today, the Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held its second hearing of the 114th Congress to examine the impact of international regulatory standards on the competitiveness of U.S. insurers. For nearly 150 years, U.S. insurance companies of every kind — including property casualty, life, reinsurance, health, and auto — have been regulated primarily by the states. … Task Force on Poverty, Opportunity, and Upward Mobility Releases Mission Statement
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WASHINGTON – In advance of their first idea forum today, the chairs of the Task Force on Poverty, Opportunity, and Upward Mobility released their mission statement. This mission statement, laying out the goals of the task force, marks the next step in the development of a bold, pro-growth agenda that Republicans will present to the country in… Browse Documents by Date or Issue |
