News List

  • WEEK IN REVIEW
    Sep 18, 2015 - Dodd-Frank's Impact 5 Years Later: We Are Less Free As the nation marked Constitution Day on Thursday, the Financial Services Committee heard from witnesses that the Dodd-Frank Act makes Americans less free. By centralizing greater power in the hands of Washington bureaucrats, Dodd-Frank results in ... More
  • Dodd-Frank Erodes Freedom, Opportunity and Rule of Law
    Sep 17, 2015 - WASHINGTON - As America celebrated Constitution Day on Thursday, the Financial Services Committee held a hearing to examine how hardworking Americans are less free because of the Dodd-Frank Act passed by Congress in 2010. The hearing was the third in a series focused on the harmful impact Dodd-Frank... More
  • U.S. Leadership in the Midst of Global Economic Turmoil is Essential
    Sep 17, 2015 - The turbulent global economy presents the United States with an opportunity to reorient international economic priorities toward free markets, free trade and fiscal responsibility, members of the Financial Services Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee said today at a hearing. “The combination of d... More
  • Hensarling Reacts to Fed Decision on Interest Rates
    Sep 17, 2015 - CLICK HERE TO WATCH WASHINGTON – Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) reacted to the Federal Reserve’s decision to keep its benchmark interest rates near zero, where they’ve been since December 2008. During an interview on Bloomberg TV, Chairman Hensarling called the artifici... More
  • Committee Marks Constitution Day Asking "Are We More Free?" Under Dodd-Frank
    Sep 16, 2015 - As the nation marks Constitution Day on Thursday, the Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on "The Dodd-Frank Act Five Years Later: Are We More Free?" Thursday, September 17 at 10:00 A.M. – The full committee will hold a hearing entitled “The Dodd-Frank Act Five Years Later: Are We More ... More
  • Hensarling: President’s Nuclear Deal with Iran is Good…for Iran
    Sep 11, 2015 - CLICK HERE TO WATCH WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, made the following speech on the House floor Wednesday evening blasting the Obama Administration’s dangerous nuclear arms agreement with Iran and urging his colleagues to vot... More
  • WEEK IN REVIEW
    Sep 11, 2015 - Lawmakers Express Bipartisan Concerns Over Labor Dept. Retirement Regulation A controversial regulation proposed by the Department of Labor will make it harder for Americans, especially those with lower and middle incomes, to plan for retirement said Republicans, several Democrats and witnesses at ... More
  • Hearing Schedule Announced for Week of Sept. 14
    Sep 11, 2015 - Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s hearing schedule for the week of September 14. Thursday, September 17 at 10:00 A.M. – The full committee will hold a hearing entitled “The Dodd-Frank Act Five Years Later: Are We More Free?” This will be the... More
  • Hensarling: Committee Will Advance Bill to “Provide Americans With More Choices and Greater Freedom to Save for Their Future”
    Sep 10, 2015 - WASHINGTON – Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today issued the following statement about the Department of Labor’s proposed regulation that will raise the cost of retirement, especially for millions of lower and middle income Americans. Republicans and Democrats expressed ... More
  • Task Force Focuses on Whether U.S. Doing Enough to Stop Financing of Terror
    Sep 9, 2015 - WASHINGTON - The Financial Services Committee’s Task Force to Investigate Terrorism Financing held its fifth hearing today and examined areas where U.S. efforts to stop terrorist financing can be improved. At today’s hearing the Task Force, which was formed earlier this year, also reviewed the level... More