News List

  • Sunday Video Message | Rep. Scott Garrett
    Aug 4, 2013 - Capital Markets & GSEs Subcommittee Chairman Scott Garrett (Facebook | Twitter) delivers this week's Sunday Video Message -- our last before the August District Work Period -- on the PATH Act. More
  • Fact Finding: 11 Hearings on Sustainable Housing Finance Reforms in 2013
    Jul 17, 2013 - UPDATE: After releasing details of the PATH Act, the full committee held a hearing entitled “A Legislative Proposal to Protect American Taxpayers and Homeowners by Creating a Sustainable Housing Finance System” on July 17, 2013, bringing the total to 12 hearing and more than 50 witnesses on this sub... More
  • Committee Leaders Announce PATH Act to End Taxpayer Bailout and Create Sustainable Housing Finance System
    Jul 11, 2013 - Leaders on the Financial Services Committee today announced the PATH Act – the Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act – to create a sustainable housing finance system. The proposal: ends the taxpayer-funded bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and phases out the troubled Government-Sponso... More
  • Chairman Hensarling Announces Hearing Schedule
    Jul 3, 2013 - Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s hearing schedule for the first half of July. The committee’s schedule is tentative and will depend upon witness availability and other factors that may require changes. Therefore, each meeting will become fin... More
  • Regulatory Barriers Continue to Hinder Capital Formation
    Jun 12, 2013 - The bipartisan Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act – passed by Congress a year ago – is working to help startup companies grow and hire, but regulatory barriers to capital remain that hinder a stronger economy, members of the Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Subcommittee l... More
  • Weekly Rundown
    Jun 10, 2013 - We’ll hold four hearings -- including full committee action on sustainable housing finance reform -- this week in addition to our three (and a half) bills on the House Floor. Be sure to check back here on the Bottom Line Blog -- and subscribe to our email lists -- for updates throughout the week. H... More
  • Hearing Examines Role of Proxy Advisory Firms
    Jun 5, 2013 - The Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Subcommittee today examined the role proxy advisory firms play in corporate governance and what can be done to reduce the complexity and increase transparency of the proxy system. Proxy advisory firms are frequently hired by institutional inv... More
  • Chairman Hensarling Announces Upcoming Committee Schedule
    May 31, 2013 - Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s hearing schedule for the first half of June. The committee’s schedule is tentative and will depend upon witness availability and other factors that may require changes. Therefore, each meeting will become fin... More
  • Chairman Hensarling Announces New Subcommittee Assignments for Two Members
    May 22, 2013 - Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced new subcommittee assignments for two members of the committee -- Rep. Dennis Ross (R-FL) and Rep. Keith Rothfus (R-PA). Rep. Ross was appointed to fill the vacancy on the Housing and Insurance Subcommittee created when Rep.... More
  • H.R. 1062 Requires SEC to Perform Cost-Benefit Analysis
    May 17, 2013 - Capital Markets & GSE Subcommittee Chairman Scott Garrett stopped by to tell us about H.R. 1062, the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act. H.R. 1062 is common-sense legislation that essentially codifies President Obama's Executive Order No. 13563 with regard to the Securities and Exchange Commission. ... More