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  • Bachus Responds To Barney Frank Regarding AIG Hearing
    Jan 15, 2010 - January 15, 2010 -Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Spencer Bachus made the following statement regarding his request for an AIG hearing: "Since March 2009, I have repeatedly and in writing requested a hearing to investigate the inequitable treatment between AIG's foreign and domestic cou... More
  • House Republicans Urge Bernanke To Disclose AIG Documents Already Provided By The Fed To The Senate
    Jan 14, 2010 - January 14, 2010 -Ranking Member Spencer Bachus and other House Republicans urged Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to give Financial Services Committee Members access to documents detailing the Fed's handling of the bailout of American International Group (AIG) previously made available to Mem... More
  • Bachus: Jan. 22 Committee Hearing Must Examine Pay Of Fannie and Freddie Executives
    Jan 13, 2010 - January 13, 2010 - Congressman Spencer Bachus, the top Republican on the Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement in response to Chairman Barney Frank's comments announcing a Jan. 22 hearing on compensation. "Hearings that seek to examine ways to reduce the risk of excessive com... More
  • Bachus Statement on AIG
    Jan 13, 2010 - - House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Spencer Bachus made the following statement today: "In his press conference this morning, Chairman Frank said that I had asked for a hearing on the disparity of payments made by AIG to counter-parties as compared to smaller banks, but that I withd... More
  • Bachus: Proposed Tax Will Drain Capital From Financial System Needed To Create Jobs
    Jan 12, 2010 - - Congressman Spencer Bachus, the top Republican on the Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement regarding reports that the Obama Administration will propose a tax on financial institutions. "There is no way the Administration can design a tax on financial firms that will not be... More
  • Bachus: Committee Must Examine Why AIG Was Prevented From Disclosing Bailout Information
    Jan 8, 2010 - "There is no more urgent business before the Committee and this hearing should be given the highest priority." January 7, 2010 - Congressman Spencer Bachus, the top Republican on the Financial Services Committee, wrote to Chairman Barney Frank yesterday urging him to convene a hearing to examine th... More