News List

  • Weekly Rundown
    Nov 18, 2013 - The House is in session Monday through Thursday this week. Be sure to check back here on the Bottom Line Blog -- and sign up for our email updates -- for committee specific information as the week progresses. Here's what's happening: On Tuesday morning at 10 a.m., the Oversight & Investigations Sub... More
  • Sunday Video Message | Rep. Mick Mulvaney
    Nov 3, 2013 - Congressman Mick Mulvaney (Twitter | Facebook) delivers this week's Sunday Video Message on the $1.7 billion taxpayer-funded bailout of the Federal Housing Administration. More
  • Chairman Hensarling Announces October Hearing Schedule
    Sep 24, 2013 - Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s hearing schedule for the first half of October. October 1 at 10:00 A.M. – The Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee will hold a hearing to discuss legislative proposals to bring more account... More
  • Sunday Video Message | Rep. Randy Neugebauer
    Jul 21, 2013 - Housing & Insurance Subcommittee Chairman Randy Neugebauer (Facebook | Twitter) delivers this week's Sunday Video Message on the PATH Act. The full committee will markup the PATH Act this Tuesday at 10:15 a.m. Read more about the act -- including how it sustains the 30-year fixed rate mortgage and ... More
  • Fact Finding: 11 Hearings on Sustainable Housing Finance Reforms in 2013
    Jul 17, 2013 - 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 sub... More
  • Neugebauer: Nine Out of Ten Mortgages Are Guaranteed by the American Taxpayers
    Jul 16, 2013 - 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... More
  • Committee Leaders Announce PATH Act to End Taxpayer Bailout and Create Sustainable Housing Finance System
    Jul 11, 2013 - Leaders on the Financial Services Committee today announced the PATH Act – the Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act – to create a sustainable housing finance system. The proposal: ends the taxpayer-funded bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and phases out the troubled Government-Sponso... More
  • HUD's Moving to Work Program is the Best Approach Available to Help Families in Public Housing Achieve Self-Sufficiency
    Jun 27, 2013 - The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Moving to Work program is the best approach available to help families in public housing achieve self-sufficiency, witnesses told the Housing and Insurance Subcommittee at a hearing yesterday. Moving to Work is a demonstration program establish... More
  • Chairman Hensarling on HUD's Moving-to-Work Program
    Jun 26, 2013 - Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today's Housing and Insurance Subcommittee hearing on the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Moving-to-Work Program: The topic of today’s hearing is how HUD’s Moving-to-Work (MT... More
  • Chairman Hensarling Announces Remainder of Committee’s June Schedule
    Jun 14, 2013 - Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s schedule of hearings and markups for the last two weeks of June. The committee’s hearing schedule is tentative and will depend upon witness availability and other factors that may require changes. Therefore, ... More