News List

  • Chairman Hensarling: Bills on Today’s Agenda “Help Grow Our Economy and Provide Hardworking Americans With Greater Economic Freedom”
    Mar 2, 2016 - 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 p... More
  • Task Force on Reducing Regulatory Burdens Releases Mission Statement
    Mar 1, 2016 - 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 force, marks the next step in the development of a bold, pro-growth agenda that Republicans ... More
  • Helping the World Fight Terror Financing
    Mar 1, 2016 - 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 me... More
  • 7 Photos from February
    Feb 29, 2016 - 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 o... More
  • Committee Hearing Schedule for the Week of February 29
    Feb 26, 2016 - 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 fin... More
  • Week In Review
    Feb 26, 2016 - Subcommittee Discusses International Insurance Standards On Thursday, the Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held a hearing to discuss the impact of international regulatory standards on the competitiveness of U.S insurers. This is the second hearing the subcommittee has held on this topic durin... More
  • Subcommittee Seeks to Retain Oversight of International Insurance Regulation Deliberations
    Feb 25, 2016 - 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,... More
  • Task Force on Poverty, Opportunity, and Upward Mobility Releases Mission Statement
    Feb 24, 2016 - 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 th... More
  • Dodd-Frank Regulations “Put Lid on Our Economic Potential”
    Feb 24, 2016 - WASHINGTON – The Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing today to investigate a decrease in liquidity and a lack of resiliency in the fixed income markets as a direct result of new Dodd-Frank Act and Basel requirements. “Instead of a coordinated, well-thou... More
  • Media Advisory: Committee Hearing Schedule for the Week of February 22
    Feb 19, 2016 - WASHINGTON-Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s hearing schedule for the week of February 22: Wednesday, February 24 at 10:00 A.M.–The Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises will hold a hearing entitled “The Impact... More