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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the government bureaucracy that’s supposed to “nudge” you to make decisions about your life that it deems are correct) doesn’t start operating until July 21.  The President still has not even nominated someone to lead the agency yet.  But it does have an office softball team and it is hiring at a rate of more than 80 new government… Read more »

Two Financial Services subcommittees will hold a joint hearing on Thursday, July 7 to review the role of Federal regulators in the ongoing mortgage servicing settlement negotiations and the development of new mortgage servicing standards.  Witnesses will include regulators from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the FDIC, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and… Read more »

Yesterday, Financial Service Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus presided over a field hearing that highlighted the role of the National Computer Forensics Institute (NCFI) in Hoover, Alabama in fighting cybercrime. “The National Computer Forensics Institute is providing valuable training to the state and local law enforcement officials who are our first line of defense against… Read more »

  The Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Subcommittee gathered on Friday, June 24th for a hearing titled, "Oversight of the Mutual Fund Industry: Ensuring Market Stability and Investor Confidence". Subcommittee Chairman Scott Garrett stated the intent of the hearing was to “to focus …on different efforts and proposals meant to provide more certainty to… Read more »

WASHINGTON – The Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises will conduct a hearing on the state of the mutual fund industry on Friday, June 24.  It will be the first Financial Services Committee oversight hearing focusing on the mutual fund industry since 2005. The Subcommittee hearing, entitled “Oversight of the Mutual Fund Industry: Ensuring Market… Read more »

Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Ron Paul announced today that the subcommittee will hold a hearing on legislation calling for a full audit of U.S. gold reserves. H.R. 1495, the “Gold Reserve Transparency Act of 2011,” calls for an audit by the Treasury that gives a full and thorough accounting of the U.S. government’s gold reserves, requiring an inventory… Read more »

The Financial Services Committee today approved the Small Company Capital Formation Act (H.R. 1070) introduced by Rep. David Schweikert. The bill makes it easier for small businesses to access capital, which will permit greater investment in these companies and will allow them to grow and create new jobs. “I am extremely pleased that the Financial Services Committee passed my Small… Read more »

The Financial Services Committee approved legislation by Rep. Robert Hurt removing a costly Dodd-Frank Act mandate to allow small businesses easier access to private capital.  The Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act (H.R. 1082) exempts private equity fund advisers from having to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission so long as the fund does not… Read more »

Continuing the Financial Services Committee’s efforts to identify and fix government policies standing in the way of job creation and economic growth, the Committee today approved a bill sponsored by Rep. Nan Hayworth to help companies utilize their resources for new jobs and investment. The Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act (H.R. 1062) repeals a costly requirement the Dodd-Frank Act… Read more »

The leadership of the Financial Services Committee and the Oversight and Government Reform Committee continue to express concerns about a lack of transparency and accountability at the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).  Leaders of these two House committees on Monday sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner requesting documents reflecting coordination… Read more »