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Media Advisory: Committee Hearing Schedule for the Week of December 5

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WASHINGTON – Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s hearing schedule for the week of December 5: Wednesday, December 7 at 10:00 A.M. – The Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Unconventional Monetary Policy.” Thursday, December 8 at 9:30 A.M. – The Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises…

WEEK IN REVIEW

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Bipartisan Bill to Fix Dodd-Frank “Mistake” Passes the House The House passed bipartisan legislation on Thursday to better gauge and more accurately reflect the potential risks that financial institutions could pose to the economy. H.R. 6392, the Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act, replaces an arbitrary threshold…

House Votes for Bipartisan Bill to Fix Dodd-Frank ‘Mistake’ on Gauging Risk

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WASHINGTON – The House passed bipartisan legislation on Thursday to better gauge and more accurately reflect the potential risks that financial institutions could pose to the economy. The bill, the Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act, replaces an arbitrary threshold included in the Dodd-Frank Act that regulators are using to designate so-called systemically important financial…

WEEK IN REVIEW

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Committee Hears Testimony of SEC Chair Members of the Financial Services Committee questioned Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mary Jo White about the SEC’s agenda and budget request, a day after it was reported that Chair White plans to step down at the end of President Obama’s term. Republicans on the committee warned Chair White against rushing out “midnight regulations”…

House Votes to Block U.S. Financing for Iran Aircraft Sales

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WASHINGTON – The House voted on Wednesday to block U.S. financing for the export of aircraft to Iran by a vote of 243-174. The bill approved by the House -- H.R. 5711 -- prohibits the Treasury Department from authorizing transactions by U.S. financial institutions related to airplane sales to Iran.  In addition, the bill bars the Export-Import Bank from extending financing related…

Subcommittee Discusses Modernizing Appraisals to Benefit American Consumers

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WASHINGTON – The Housing and Insurance Subcommittee held a hearing on Wednesday to discuss necessary changes to the appraisal industry. “Appraisals are one of the cornerstones of the home-buying process.  Issues that impact appraisers also impact nearly every American buying or selling a home, in rural and urban areas; in high- and low-income neighborhoods,” explained Subcommittee…

Hensarling Remarks to the Exchequer Club

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Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) Remarks to the Exchequer Club, Nov. 16, 2016 *As Prepared for Delivery Good afternoon, everyone.  I’m Jeb Hensarling – and I approve this message. No, I think we’ve all had enough of that to last us for a while.  Our long national nightmare is finally over:  the 2016 campaign.  Don’t worry; it will…

Hensarling Opening Statement at SEC Oversight Hearing

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WASHINGTON – Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at today’s full committee hearing with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mary Jo White: This morning we welcome Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White.  I will take a little longer due to news that we received last evening that the Chair…

Hensarling Statement on GAO Study of Stress Tests

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Media Advisory: Committee Hearing Schedule for the Week of November 14

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WASHINGTON – Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s schedule for the week of November 14: Tuesday, November 15 at 10:00 a.m. – U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White will testify before the Financial Services Committee regarding the SEC’s Agenda, Operations and Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Request.  Wednesday,…

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