News List

  • FSC Majority | Week in Review
    Jan 9, 2015 - House's TRIA Reauthorization and Dodd-Frank Clarification Bill Headed to President's Desk The House once again overwhelmingly passed a long-term reauthorization of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) with taxpayer protection reforms this week. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX),... More
  • Hensarling Comments on TRIA Passage and Warren Amendment’s Failure
    Jan 8, 2015 - House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today made the following comments about the Senate’s passage of House legislation to reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act with reforms and the failure of an amendment offered by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to remove an imp... More
  • House Approves Terror Insurance Reauthorization
    Jan 7, 2015 - The House on Wednesday approved, by a vote of 416-5, a bipartisan, six-year reauthorization of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) with taxpayer protection reforms and a clarification of a provision of the Dodd-Frank Act that is currently threatening jobs at Main Street businesses even though th... More
  • Chairman Hensarling Statement on Bipartisan H.R. 37
    Jan 7, 2015 - Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) issued the following statement about the House’s vote on H.R. 37, the Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act: “As today’s vote demonstrates, there is strong bipartisan support for this pro-jobs, regulatory relief bil... More
  • Chairman Hensarling on Administration Lowering FHA Mortgage Insurance Premiums
    Jan 7, 2015 - House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) issued the following statement regarding reports that President Obama on Thursday will announce executive action to lower Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage insurance premiums: “Such an action by the President would be a gr... More
  • Chairman Hensarling Statement on TRIA Legislation
    Jan 5, 2015 - Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) made the following statement about the House’s plan to vote this week on legislation to reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA): “Just last month, Democrats joined Republicans in the House to overwhelmingly pass bipartisan legis... More