State of the Financial Sector
Former FDIC Chair Sheila Bair and House Financial Services Committee Chair Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) talked about the state of the financial sector and the impact of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financia…
234 viewsFormer FDIC Chair Sheila Bair and House Financial Services Committee Chair Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) talked about the state of the financial sector and the impact of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financia…
234 viewsThe House took a series of four votes, including passage of S. 2244, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, 417-7, with 10 members not voting.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,415 viewsThe House passed, 230-182, H.R. 5781, the California Emergency Drought Relief Act, and rejected a Democratic motion to recommit.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,490 viewsWitnesses testified at a House Financial Services Committee hearing on how organizations such as the Islamic State* obtain and deploy financial resources to commit acts of terror and further…
1,722 viewsBusiness, finance, and government officials, including Export-Import testified on the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank. The hearing focused on on the role of the export credit agenc…
1,835 viewsWitnesses testified on the effects of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on the financial services industry, consumers, and American competitiveness since its enac…
2,048 viewsFederal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen presented her semiannual report on monetary policy to the House Financial Services Committee. The report looks at the current and future economic condition…
9,324 viewsTreasury Secretary Jack Lew testified on the annual report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), which oversee the implementation of the Dodd-Frank financial regulations law.
759 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session and voted on bills debated earlier in the day. The House continued work on a bill to reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission through…
View in Congressional Chronicle691 viewsHouse Financial Services Committee Chair Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) spoke about his political and economic priorities. He said that time had come for conservatives to choose between defending Ame…
411 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,089 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session to consider a number of bills under Suspension of the Rules, including H.R. 3370, a bill that would delay national flood insurance program premiu…
View in Congressional Chronicle459 viewsThe House resumed work on five amendments to HR. 2804 that would require federal agencies to issue monthly reports on the status of proposed regulations. Members continued work on H.R, 31…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,512 viewsA panel of experts appeared before the House Financial Services Committee to comment on the report to Congress by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on the state of the U.S. economy and mone…
391 viewsFederal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen gave her semi-annual report on the U.S. economic outlook for the year and the future monetary policy. Chair Yellen said that while the economy was improvin…
5,249 viewsFederal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen concluded her testimony on the U.S. economic outlook for the year and the future monetary policy. Representative Tom Cotton (R-AR) submitted a question usi…
1,245 viewsRepresentative Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) talked about his housing finance bill, the Protecting Taxpayers and Homeowners Act. In his remarks he outlined the need for housing finance reform, sayin…
217 viewsFederal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen continued her testimony on the U.S. economic outlook for the year and the future monetary policy. She said it would be catastrophic for the U.S. to default…
1,077 viewsRichard Cordray testified on the details of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s semiannual report.
1,087 viewsTreasury Secretary Jack Lew delivered an annual report on the status of the international financial system.
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