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  • FSC Majority | Sunday Video Message
    Mar 30, 2014 - CLICK HERE TO WATCH Our nation is on an unsustainable fiscal path that leads to national bankruptcy – driven by spending money we don’t have. Watch as Rep. Cotton (Twitter | Facebook) delivers this week’s Sunday Video Message on why our national debt matters now. More
  • Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman McHenry Responds to CFPB Refusal to Attend Hearing
    Mar 28, 2014 - Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Chairman of the Financial Services Committee Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, made the following comments today after the CFPB released a statement to the press that the Bureau is refusing to send witnesses to the Subcommittee’s hearing on Wednesday: “Discrimin... More
  • FSC Majority | Week in Review
    Mar 28, 2014 - Committee Holds First in a Series of Hearings on the Impact of the National Debt On Tuesday, the Financial Services Committee held a hearing on the threat posed by our nation's rising national debt. Tuesday’s hearing was the first in a series of hearings the committee has planned to focus attention... More
  • House Republicans attempt to renew focus on debt
    Mar 27, 2014 - House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling is trying to draw attention back to the nation’s mounting debt ahead of midterm elections that are more likely to revolve around Obamacare. The Texas Republican scheduled a series of hearings on the debt, he says, after reading a newspaper ... More
  • House Republican Conference Features Chairman Hensarling
    Mar 27, 2014 - From House Republican Conference: On Tuesday, the House Financial Services Committee convened a hearing examining our nation's debt and why it matters. Witnesses included David M. Cote, Chairman and CEO of Honeywell; Alice Rivlin, former Director of the Congressional Budget Office; and Douglas Holtz... More
  • Allegations of Discrimination and Retaliation Against CFPB Employees to Be Focus of Hearing Next Week
    Mar 26, 2014 - Allegations that the CFPB has engaged in discrimination and retaliation against its employees will be the subject of a Financial Services Committee Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing next week. The subcommittee hearing comes amid reports, first published in the American Banker, that C... More
  • Media Buzz: Committee Holds First in a Series of Hearings on the Impact of the National Debt
    Mar 26, 2014 - On Tuesday, the Financial Services Committee held a hearing on the threat posed by America’s rising national debt. Tuesday’s hearing was the first in a series of hearings the committee has planned to focus attention on the harmful impact the debt has on economic growth, jobs, national security, and ... More
  • Chairman Hensarling: ‘Unsustainable Levels of Debt Are Harming Our Country Today’
    Mar 25, 2014 - Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today delivered the following opening statement at the committee’s hearing on the threat posed by America’s rising national debt. Today’s hearing is the first in a series of hearings the committee has planned to focus attention on the impac... More
  • National Debt Matters in a Big Way
    Mar 25, 2014 - By: Rep. Jeb Hensarling A recent newspaper headline caught my attention: “Debts, Deficits — Once a Focus [in Washington] — Fade From Agenda.” My immediate reaction was “not if I can help it.” So today, the House Financial Services Committee, which I chair, begins a series of hearings focused on why ... More
  • Witnesses: Debt Harms Economy and Makes U.S. Vulnerable to “Whims of Foreign Governments”
    Mar 24, 2014 - America’s rising national debt harms our economy, will lead to higher borrowing costs for families, and makes the U.S. vulnerable to “the whims of foreign governments,” expert witnesses are prepared to tell the House Financial Services Committee at a hearing scheduled for Tuesday. “For those who thi... More