News List

  • Newsmakers with Representative Patrick McHenry
    May 10, 2019 - Representative Patrick McHenry (R-NC), ranking member of the Financial Services Committee, talked about issues related to his committee’s domain. Topics included Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, President Trump’s difficulties with his recent with central bank nominees, the Consumer Financial Pro... More
  • Strong Bipartisan Collaboration on Financial Services Legislation
    May 9, 2019 - WASHINGTON – This week, the House Financial Services Committee favorably reported five pieces of legislation out of committee, many with strong bipartisan collaboration and support. Additionally, the Committee passed two resolutions to establish the Financial Technology (FinTech) and Artificial Inte... More
  • McHenry and Waters Introduce Flood Insurance Extension; Commit to Working on Long-Term Reauthorization
    May 9, 2019 - WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, and Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Financial Services, announced that they have introduced legislation (H.R. 2578) to extend the National Flo... More
  • McHenry Continues Push for Consumer Focused Agenda
    May 7, 2019 - WASHINGTON – Republican leader of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), sent letters to several financial regulators on Friday requesting a status update on their agencies’ efforts to implement regulations that would “promote economic growth and competition in our marketpl... More
  • Top Financial Services Republican presses regulators on Dodd-Frank rollbacks
    May 6, 2019 - The top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee on Friday pressed federal regulators for updates on their efforts to finalize rule rollbacks signed by President Trump in 2018. Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), asked the chiefs of five federal financial regulatory agencies for status update... More
  • Republicans Advocate for Innovative Approach to Addressing Affordable Housing
    Apr 30, 2019 - WASHINGTON – Today, the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing to examine proposed Democrat legislation that would infuse $92.1 billion into government housing programs, with no reform or modernization of these depression-era plans. Republican leader of the committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-... More
  • House passes bills to protect elderly investors
    Apr 30, 2019 - The House today advanced three financial services bills designed to protect both the elderly and young adults. — The Senior Security Act of 2019 H.R. 1876 (116) would create a task force at the SEC to place a priority on senior investors' concerns. — H. Res. 327 (116) seeks to encourage greater publ... More
  • Luetkemeyer Delivers Opening Statement on Short-Term Small-Dollar Lending
    Apr 30, 2019 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Consumer Credit and Financial Institutions, delivered the following opening statement at a hearing on short-term, small-dollar lending: Thank you Mr. Chairman. Over the years, I’ve heard countless storie... More
  • Top Republican rebukes Democrats on bank subpoenas
    Apr 17, 2019 - The top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee today accused Democrats of playing politics by using their investigative powers to subpoena nine big banks as part of probes into President Donald Trump and Russians' illicit use of the financial system. In a letter to Financial Services C... More
  • Washington Examiner: Don't relitigate Dodd-Frank when there are newer, more pressing financial challenges
    Apr 10, 2019 - On Wednesday, for the first time in 10 years, the CEOs of America’s largest banks will appear before Congress to testify at the Financial Services Committee. The last time these banks were assembled before the committee, Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., sat atop the dais and the economy had just suff... More