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Rep. Gonzalez has been chairman of the House Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Committee for three years. He spoke with reporters about the committee’s agenda for the upcoming session of Co…

The committee marked up the Financial Institutions Safety and Consumer Choice Act of 1991, a banking reform proposal put forward by the Department of the Treasury. The bill would allow banki…

Congressmen discuss the savings & loan bailout bill and the House Democratic leadership.

The House voted to sustain the President’s veto of H.R.2, the minimum wage law. The House also completed general debate on H.R. 1278, the financial institutions reform act.

The Committee examined the effects of allowing billions of dollars of tax breaks to the purchasers of failed thrifts. Beyond the tax breaks, the effects on tax revenues and the budget defici…

The House Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs subcommittee on Financial Institutions continued hearings on the reform of the nation’s banking and financial systems. The primary subject of dis…

The House debated legislation to expand economic growth, reduce unemployment, and increase funding for vocational education. Note: This is an incomplete program.