Tagged: jeb hensarling

November 23, 2016 @ 8:24 am By JD Alois  |  

The House of Representatives is scheduled to consider the Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2016 (H.R. 6392). Sponsored by Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, the legislation is designed to create regulation of financial institutions on risk rather than on arbitrary asset size.  Dodd-Frank has placed a… Read More

November 9, 2016 @ 5:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Soon the dust will will settle and the collective surprise of a Donald Trump Presidency will sink in and the United States will move forward. On top of a populist Trump administration, the Republican Party will control both houses of Congress. This is a combination… Read More

October 11, 2016 @ 12:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Consumer and Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has been labeled “unconstitutional” by a federal appeals court.  The ruling addressed specifically the agency’s structure and the amount of control exercised by its director – currently Richard Cordray.  The ruling allows for the CFPB to continue to… Read More

September 17, 2016 @ 11:36 am By JD Alois  |  

The House Financial Services Committee, chaired by Congressman Jeb Hensarling, has booked a busy schedule next week. Included on the list of hearings is a visit from Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew. Testifying on Thursday, September 22nd at 10AM, Lew will be addressing the… Read More

September 4, 2016 @ 5:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

This coming week the House of Representatives will debate several bills previously approved by the Financial Services Committee.  The legislation is designed to improve access to capital for SMEs by reducing regulatory burdens and streamlining the process. HR 2357, the Accelerating Access to Capital Act,… Read More

June 10, 2016 @ 2:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Wefunder, one of the active participants in the Reg CF crowdfunding space, has published a comment letter directed towards Representatives Jeb Hensarling and Maxine Waters in support of the Fix Crowdfunding Act (HR 4855).  The two are powerful legislators in the House of Representatives. Hensarling… Read More

June 7, 2016 @ 6:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

At a speech delivered at the Economic Club of New York’s meeting in Manhattan this morning, the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Congressman Jeb Hensarling, presented a plan to overhaul the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Dodd-Frank, as it is… Read More

June 2, 2016 @ 2:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced a proposed set of rules today designed to curtail abuses within the Payday lending industry. CFPB Director Richard Cordray released a prepared statement on the proposal explaining; “..our research has shown that too many of these loans trap borrowers… Read More

April 14, 2016 @ 10:06 am By JD Alois  |  

The House Financial Services Committee approved a bill that would require the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on a budget. A relatively new federal agency, the CFPB was created under the Dodd-Frank Act – legislation that was crafted in response to the financial crisis. Committee… Read More

April 8, 2016 @ 1:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

The House Financial Services Committee, chaired by Representative Hensarling, has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 14, at 10AM, for a Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Subcommittee gathering to examine four different legislative proposals designed to improve and promote capital formation.  The Committee has… Read More

March 3, 2016 @ 10:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

OTC Markets Questions Monopoly Model for Venture Exchange. The House Financial Services Committee has been busy once again with a slew of proposed laws designed to improve the environment for smaller companies.  One of the bills on the list for the Committee yesterday (March 2,… Read More

February 2, 2016 @ 9:20 am By JD Alois  |  

The House of Representatives started February of 2016 on a high note this year, leading with several bi-partisan pro-business bills that received little opposition on the floor.  The House Financial Services Committee which forwarded the legislation released a statement calling the bills a “win” for… Read More

November 18, 2015 @ 2:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

Today is one of those days when SEC Commissioner Mary Jo White must march up to Capitol Hill and justify the SEC’s actions over proceeding months while requesting a budget increase to cover the cost of the Agency’s growing responsibilities. Chair of the Financial Services Committee,… Read More

January 19, 2015 @ 8:23 am By Anthony Zeoli  |  

Congratulations to Congressman Patrick McHenry who has a new leadership position in the House Financial Services Committee. Late last week, Financial Services Committee Chairman, Jeb Hensarling, named Congressman McHenry to serve as Vice Chairman of the full Committee for the 114th Congress. This is great… Read More

November 19, 2014 @ 1:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

On the eve of the annual SEC Forum on Small Business Capital Formation, House Financial Services Committee Chair Jeb Hensarling is calling out the SEC to take action on promoting small business.  In recent years the annual event at the SEC has become a more… Read More

April 28, 2014 @ 7:01 am By JD Alois  |  

The House Financial Services Committee, Chaired by Congressman Jeb Hensarling, is set to get an update from Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White this week regarding multiple issues at the SEC.  Scheduled for  this coming Tuesday, April 29th at 10AM, White will be… Read More