ICYMI: Hensarling Profile in Last Friday's WSJ
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By Patrick O'Conner WASHINGTON—During Jeb Hensarling's first congressional bid, a man at a campaign stop in Athens, Texas, asked the Republican if he was "pro-business." "No," the candidate replied, drawing curious stares from local business leaders who had gathered to hear him speak, a former Hensarling aide recalled. "I'm not pro-business.… Weekend Must Reads
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American Banker: Fannie and Freddie Must Go One of the priorities of Rep. Jeb Hensarling, Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, is to end the conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and let the private sector take the primary role in operating the residential mortgage industry. No other country in the world has the equivalent of the hybrid… Committee Addresses FHFA, Community Banking
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FHFA In 2008, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two giant government sponsored entities which helped fuel the housing bubble, received the largest bailout in U.S. history. Serving as Acting Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Edward DeMarco has been tasked with managing the GSEs’ mortgage portfolio and protecting taxpayers from future… Hensarling Announces April Hearing Schedule
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House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s schedule for April. Throughout the month, the committee will continue its focus on creating a sustainable housing finance policy, relieving the regulatory burden on small community financial institutions, and ending “Too Big to Fail.” So far this year the committee has held five… Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling Comments on FOMC Decision to Continue Monetary Stimulus
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House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) made the following statement today about the Federal Open Market Committee’s decision to continue its highly accommodative monetary policy stance More Regulations, Fewer Community Banks Due to Dodd-Frank
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Nearly three years after the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act, community banks continue to struggle with navigating the confusing, complex, voluminous, and harmful rules and regulations of this law according to a recent report from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) reviewed at today’s Financial Institutions Subcommittee hearing. Chairman Hensarling's Opening Statement at Today's Hearing with FHFA Director Edward J. DeMarco
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House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delievered the following opening statement at today's hearing with Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Edward J. DeMarco Weekend Must Reads
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National Review: Representative Hensarling on the CFPB The logical import of Noel Canning v. NRLB, the D.C. Circuit’s decision striking down President Obama’s unilateral, non-recess NRLB appointments, is that the president’s similar CFPB director appointment is also unconstitutional. House Financial Services Committee chairman Jeb Hensarling agrees (h/t Todd… Subcommittees Focus on FHA; Too Big to Fail
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FHA Government backing for the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) gives it competitive advantages over private sector mortgage insurers, driving them out of the marketplace and leaving homebuyers with fewer choices, witnesses told the Financial Services Subcommittee on… Too Big to Fail; Too Big to Jail?
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Last week Chairman Hensarling and Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Chairman McHenry sent a letter to Attorney General Holder and Treasury Secretary Lew seeking any and all documents related to the consideration of economic factors in the decision to prosecute large banks for financial crimes. The committee's investigation comes out of Mr. Holder's… Browse Documents by Date or Issue |
