News List

  • Hensarling Opening Statement at Future of Housing in America Hearing
    Oct 22, 2015 - Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today’s hearing to examine the Future of Housing in America and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) during its 50th anniversary year: In launching the War on Poverty, President ... More
  • CFPB Culture of Discrimination, Retaliation Examined by Subcommittee
    Apr 2, 2014 - WASHINGTON - The House Financial Services Oversight and Investigations subcommittee heard testimony from witnesses today that the CFPB has a culture of racial and gender discrimination and retaliation against its employees. Allegations that CFPB managers have engaged in discrimination and created “a... More
  • CFPB Director Cordray to Whistleblower: “Tell Your Attorneys to Back Down”
    Apr 2, 2014 - WASHINGTON- A whistleblower testifying at today’s Financial Services Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on allegations of discrimination and retaliation within the CFPB said CFBP Director Richard Cordray “told me that I have to tell my attorneys to back down.” The whistleblower – CFPB... More
  • 3/31/14 | Weekly Rundown
    Mar 31, 2014 - The House is in session Tuesday through Friday this week. Here’s what’s happening: On Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing to examine allegations of discrimination and retaliation within the CFPB. Committee staff has received corroborating informa... More
  • Response to Democrats’ Attempt to Cancel Hearing on CFPB Discrimination and Retaliation
    Mar 31, 2014 - WASHINGTON - Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) delivered the following letter in response to an attempt by Democrats to cancel Wednesday’s hearing on allegations of discrimination and retaliation ... More
  • Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman McHenry Responds to CFPB Refusal to Attend Hearing
    Mar 28, 2014 - Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Chairman of the Financial Services Committee Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, made the following comments today after the CFPB released a statement to the press that the Bureau is refusing to send witnesses to the Subcommittee’s hearing on Wednesday: “Discrimin... More
  • Allegations of Discrimination and Retaliation Against CFPB Employees to Be Focus of Hearing Next Week
    Mar 26, 2014 - Allegations that the CFPB has engaged in discrimination and retaliation against its employees will be the subject of a Financial Services Committee Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing next week. The subcommittee hearing comes amid reports, first published in the American Banker, that C... More
  • CFPB Should Let the Sunshine In to their Closed-Door Meetings
    Mar 17, 2014 - To mark “Sunshine Week,” a national initiative launched by the media to promote open government, Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) is calling on CFPB Director Richard Cordray to end the bureau’s closed-door meeting policy for its four advisory councils. “Instead of operatin... More
  • FSC Majority | Sunday Video Message
    Mar 16, 2014 - CLICK HERE To mark Sunshine Week, Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (Twitter | Facebook) delivers this week’s Sunday Video Message on the lack of transparency at the CFPB. More
  • The CFPB – A Troubled Agency That Has Lost Credibility
    Mar 7, 2014 - …Wasting Millions on Office Renovations …Under Investigation …Closed Door Meetings …Shocking Report of Discriminatory Treatment …In Urgent Need of House-Approved Accountability, Oversight and Reform Bill American Banker, 3/6: CFPB Staff Evaluations Show Sharp Racial Disparities “CFPB managers show a... More