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Chairman Hensarling: A taxpayer-friendly alternative to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Aug 28, 2013
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Chairman Hensarling Op-Ed | August 27, 2013 Soon we will mark the fifth anniversary of the financial crisis that wrecked our economy, left millions of Americans unemployed and from which we have yet to recover. From a public policy perspective, the great tragedy of the financial crisis was not that...
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Mortgage Makeover: It’s time to fix Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
Aug 19, 2013
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Editorial | August 16, 2013 It’s not often that Republican Rep. Jeb Hensarling of Dallas and President Barack Obama read from the same script. We’re pleased they are doing just that when it comes to clipping the wings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Fannie and Freddie were created to make sure that ...
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Chairman Hensarling Statement on President Obama's Dodd-Frank Implementation Meeting with Financial Regulators
Aug 19, 2013
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Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today issued the following statement about President Obama’s meeting with financial regulators to discuss the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act: “Much like Obamacare, Dodd-Frank is an incomprehensibly complex piece of legislation that is...
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Weekend Must Reads
Aug 17, 2013
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Sen. Phil Gramm and Mike Solon | The Clinton-Era Roots of the Financial Crisis Affordable-housing goals established in the 1990s led to a massive increase in risky, subprime mortgages. Caroline Baum | Krugman Tries to Bury Friedman, Buries Himself It’s good that Milton Friedman is dead, because for ...
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Chairman Hensarling Remarks on “The PATH Home” – How to Create a Sustainable Housing Finance System for America
Aug 13, 2013
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Chairman Hensarling delivered the keynote address today at the Bipartisan Policy Center Housing Commission’s Regional Forum at the George W. Bush Presidential Center. Remarks as prepared for delivery: I want to thank the Bipartisan Policy Center for the work it has done on housing finance reform. I...
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Chairman Hensarling Delivers Keynote Address on the PATH Forward for a Sustainable Housing Finance Policy
Aug 12, 2013
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Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) will be the keynote speaker at the Bipartisan Policy Center Housing Commission’s Public Forum on Tuesday, August 13. Chairman Hensarling will discuss legislation to build a sustainable housing finance system – the Protecting American Taxpay...
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Chairman Hensarling on NTU's "Speaking of Taxpayers" Podcast
Aug 8, 2013
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Chairman Hensarling said taxpayers will “never ever, ever again be called upon to bail out Washington for irresponsible housing policies” if the Financial Services Committee’s sustainable housing finance reform bill becomes law. The Chairman’s comments came during a discussion of the bill – the Prot...
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The PATH to a Sustainable Housing Finance System for the 21st Century
Aug 7, 2013
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House Republicans are hard at work reforming America’s housing finance system so it’s sustainable for home owners, respectful of hard-working taxpayers, and built to last. Today – more than five years after the financial crisis and three years since the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act – President Obam...
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Chairman Hensarling Welcomes President Obama to the Sustainable Housing Finance Reform Debate
Aug 6, 2013
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House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) issued the following statement on President Obama’s speech calling for housing finance reform. “Our plan, the Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act, puts private capital at the center of the housing finance system; ends the...
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Sunday Video Message | Rep. Scott Garrett
Aug 4, 2013
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Capital Markets & GSEs Subcommittee Chairman Scott Garrett (Facebook | Twitter) delivers this week's Sunday Video Message -- our last before the August District Work Period -- on the PATH Act.
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