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Lawmakers Express Bipartisan Concerns Over Labor Dept. Retirement Regulation A controversial regulation proposed by the Department of Labor will make it harder for Americans, especially those with lower and middle incomes, to plan for retirement said Republicans, several Democrats and witnesses at a joint subcommittee hearing on Thursday. The Capital Markets and Government Sponsored… Read more »

Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s hearing schedule for the week of September 14. Thursday, September 17 at 10:00 A.M. – The full committee will hold a hearing entitled “The Dodd-Frank Act Five Years Later: Are We More Free?” This will be the third of the committee’s three hearings looking at some of the consequences of the… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today issued the following statement about the Department of Labor’s proposed regulation that will raise the cost of retirement, especially for millions of lower and middle income Americans.  Republicans and Democrats expressed objections to the controversial regulatory proposal at a joint Financial Services… Read more »

WASHINGTON - The Financial Services Committee’s Task Force to Investigate Terrorism Financing held its fifth hearing today and examined areas where U.S. efforts to stop terrorist financing can be improved.  At today’s hearing the Task Force, which was formed earlier this year, also reviewed the level of cooperation between various federal agencies involved in countering terrorist… Read more »

Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s hearing schedule for the week of September 7. Wednesday, September 9 at 10:00 A.M. - The Task Force to Investigate Terrorism Financing will hold a hearing entitled “Could America Do More? An Examination of U.S. Efforts to Stop the Financing of Terror.” Thursday, September 10 at 10:00 A.M. - The… Read more »

Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) made the following statement after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted today to finalize its CEO pay ratio rule. Last year, Chairman Hensarling along with Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Subcommittee Chairman Scott Garrett (R-NJ) and Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Bill Huizenga… Read more »

Committee Passes Federal Reserve Accountability, Bipartisan Reg Relief Bills On Wednesday the Financial Services Committee passed several  bills designed to help grow the economy, create jobs and bring much-needed accountability and transparency to the Federal Reserve. H.R. 3189, the Fed Oversight Reform and Modernization Act (FORM Act), requires the Federal Reserve to… Read more »

WASHINGTON -- The House Financial Services Committee approved legislation today designed to improve the economy’s performance by bringing greater accountability and transparency to the Federal Reserve.  The bill, the Fed Oversight Reform and Modernization Act (FORM Act) sponsored by Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Bill Huizenga (R-MI), passed the Committee… Read more »

The Financial Services Committee today approved several bipartisan bills today designed to help grow the economy, create jobs, and bring much needed accountability and transparency to the Federal Reserve. “We seek to simplify the rules, reduce complexity and compliance costs. Complicated and costly regulations serve as barriers that too often keep small competitors off the playing… Read more »

  CLICK HERE TO WATCH   WASHINGTON- Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today’s full committee hearing to examine America’s economic prosperity in the five years since the Dodd-Frank Act became law. This hearing is the latest in a series… Read more »