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The House of Representatives took up H.R. 2094, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act, which provided new funds for the FDIC and strengthened oversight of banks and thrif…

The House Banking Committee heard testimony on the proper strategies for raising the federal debt ceiling, as well as how to avoid default.

Representative Henry Gonzalez (D-TX), the chairman of the House Banking Committee discussed banking issues and the committee hearing agenda for the rest of 1994. The previous week Chairman …

The House Banking Committee heard testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on the committee’s recommendation to allow further regulation of the Federal Reserve by Governmental …

The House Banking Committee heard testimony from Secretary Bentsen, Chairman Greenspan, and representatives of financial oversight groups on oversight regulations for the nation’s savings an…

House Banking Finance and Urban Affairs Committee held a hearing on the "State of the Thrift Depositor Program". The committee heard testimony in a semi-annual hearing on the security of cus…

Rep. Henry Gonzalez, D-Texas, chairman of the House Banking Committee, discussed the just completed hearing by the House Banking Committee concerning bank examination procedures. He responde…

Last month in Baltimore the National Examiners Conference met to discuss new, secret, bank examination standards. The Bush administration refused to allow representatives of the House Bankin…

The House agreed to the conference report on S. 543, to reform federal deposit insurance, to protect the deposit insurance funds, recapitalize the Bank Insurance Fund, and improve supervisio…

The House passed S. 543, to reform federal deposit insurance, protect deposit insurance funds, recapitalize the Bank Insurance Fund, and improve supervision and regulation of insured deposit…

The House passed H.R. 3768, which required the least-cost resolution of insured depository institutions, improved supervision, and examinations, and provided additional resources to the bank…

Members of the House Banking Committee debated amendments to bank legislation that would allow the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to borrow up to $30 billion from the Federal Treasury…

The House continued consideration of H.R. 6, to reform the deposit insurance system to enforce the congressionally established limits on the amount of deposit insurance. The House passed S. …

The House passed H.R. 2900, to improve supervision and regulation with respect to the financial safety and soundness of the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortg…

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…

Rep. Gonzalez spoke to reporters on the recapitalization of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the insurance fund that repays depositors in failed banks. The FDIC has been experienci…

Members of the House heard a written statement by Rep. Bartlett (R-TX) wherein he resigned as a member of the House. A message from the President was read whereby he transmitted a legislativ…

This hearing begins a series of investigations into regulatory policies of the savings and loan industry in the late 1970's and the 1980's.

Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, gave testimony at the first of four committee hearings concerning the state of the Federal Deposit Insurance system. Mr. Greenspan addressed …

The House Banking Committee met to investigate the problems in real estate markets with respect to loans and the response of federal and state regulating agencies.