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:   Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus today announced the tentative hearing schedule for the next two months.   Chairman Bachus said, “The Committee will be busy this year addressing the issues of concern to Americans: jobs, economic activity, Fannie and Freddie reform, and implementation of Dodd-Frank. We will work to ensure that taxpayers are… Read more »

:  Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus made the following statement today during the Committee’s organizational meeting: “Welcome to the organizational meeting of the Financial Services Committee for the 112th Congress.  It is a tremendous honor to serve as Chairman of this committee, and I am grateful to my Republican colleagues for giving me… Read more »

:  Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus today made the following statement regarding a Democrat press conference on SEC funding.   “The Financial Services Committee will closely examine the Dodd-Frank mandated SEC organizational reform study and the SEC’s formal budget request to identify wasteful, inefficient and outdated regulatory programs and… Read more »

:  Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus announced today the Committee will convene its first hearing of the 112th Congress to explore ways to promote economic activity and foster job creation.  The hearing will be held on Wednesday, January 26 at 10 am in room 2128 Rayburn. Chairman Bachus said, “Our small businesses need certainty from Washington in… Read more »

: Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus (AL) announced today the Subcommittee assignments for Republican Members. Chairman Bachus said, “Committee Republicans are ready to work together to fulfill our promise to Americans by protecting taxpayers, ending the bailouts, and ensuring government policies do not hinder job creation. Our Republican Members are very… Read more »

: Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus made the following statement regarding the report by the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP): “House Republicans said all along that the greatest weakness of the Democrats' financial regulation bill was that far from ending ‘too big to fail,’ it wrote that troubling doctrine… Read more »

: Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus made the following remarks today at the FDIC conference on small business lending: “Thank you for that kind introduction, Chairman Bair, and for organizing this forum with a variety of stakeholders to tackle the question of how we can work together to increase small business lending.   “As we address this… Read more »

: Financial Services Committee Chairman-elect Spencer Bachus today released the following statement in response to the primer on the causes of the financial crisis issued earlier today by the Republican Commissioners on the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC).   "The FCIC Republican commissioners plainly stated what most Americans have known all along but that… Read more »

-Financial Services Committee Chairman-elect Spencer Bachus today welcomed the new Members appointed to the Committee in the 112th Congress.   Chairman-elect Bachus said, "Our new members are all strong advocates for American taxpayers and Main Street businesses. Our Committee will be at the forefront of ending the bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the discredited… Read more »

: Financial Services Committee Chairman-elect Spencer Bachus today announced his appointments for committee leadership positions in the 112th Congress.  In addition to naming the vice chairman and subcommittee leaders, Bachus announced plans to modify subcommittee jurisdictions to promote a more efficient and balanced work-load for committee members. "This is the… Read more »