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AEI: FHA Watch – July 2013 The Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners (PATH) Act provides for comprehensive reform of the government’s role in housing finance. Heritage Foundation: Dodd-Frank at Year Three: Onerous and Costly July 21 marks the third anniversary of Dodd–Frank, Washington’s massive regulatory response to the housing market collapse, the failure of major… Committee to Consider Sustainable Housing Finance Reform Bill on Tuesday
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The Financial Services Committee will meet on Tuesday, July 23 at 10:15 a.m. to consider and begin voting on the Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners (PATH) Act. PATH Act “Enables FHA to Play Expanded Role in Times of Crisis”
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Rep. Ed Royce hit the nail on the head this week when he correctly pointed out that the PATH Act does not eliminate all government guarantees as some have incorrectly claimed. Courtesy of Rep. Royce’s office, below is his exchange with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke this week on how the PATH Act preserves the FHA’s countercyclical role by allowing it to insure loans to any… MEDIA ADVISORY: Chairman Hensarling to Appear on Bloomberg TV’s Capitol Gains Sunday
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WHAT: Financial Services Committee Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) on Bloomberg TV’s Capitol Gains with host Peter Cook, discussing the Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act (PATH Act). WHEN: Sunday, July 21 11:30 A.M. EDT on Washington, D.C.’s WUSA Channel 9 12:00 P.M. EDT and 5:00 P.M. EDT on Bloomberg TV Chairman Hensarling Opening Statement at PATH Act Hearing
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Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today's full committee hearing on the Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act. A Reminder of the Corruption That Helped Birth the Biggest Bailout in History
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“Fannie Mae will never impose a cost on the American taxpayer…” – James A. Johnson, Chief Executive Officer of Fannie Mae, testifying before the House of Representatives, April 17, 1996 “Under the direction of James A. Johnson, Fannie Mae’s calculating and politically connected chief executive, the company capitalized on its government ties, building itself into the largest and most… Fact Finding: 11 Hearings on Sustainable Housing Finance Reforms in 2013
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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 subject since January. We've blogged before about the importance of… Chairman Hensarling Opening Statement at Today's Hearing with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke
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Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today's full committee hearing with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Neugebauer: Nine Out of Ten Mortgages Are Guaranteed by the American Taxpayers
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Housing & Insurance Subcommittee Chairman Randy Neugebauer talked about the Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act on Fox Business's The Willis Report yesterday evening. He also spoke about the housing reform plan on KFYO’s Lubbock First News. The full committee will hold a hearing on the PATH Act discussion draft this Thursday at 1 p.m. Chairman Hensarling Comments on Senate Confirmation of CFPB Director
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Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) issued the following statement today about the Senate’s vote to confirm Richard Cordray as the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Browse Documents by Date or Issue |
