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RT @RandyNeugebauer: Today I voted for, and the @FinancialCmte passed, a bill to provide relief to #veterans to help prevent homelessnes ...
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Hearing To Examine Ways To Facilitate A Private Terrorism Risk Insurance Marketplace
A Financial Services Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday will examine the capacity of the insurance industry to offer terrorism risk insurance without a Federal backstop. The Terrorism...
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Dodd-Frank is aimed at Wall Street. So why is it hurting the construction industry?
More evidence of the unintended consequences of the Dodd-Frank Act: “With passage of the Dodd-Frank law, the banking and financial services industries face uncertainty that has loc...
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Dodd-Frank Dilemma
By Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer I was more than a little annoyed recently during a committee hearing with a government official who seemed intent on defending an agency created by the t...
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Hearing To Examine Ways To Facilitate A Private Terrorism Risk Insurance Marketplace
A Financial Services Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday will examine the capacity of the insurance industry to offer terrorism risk insurance without a Federal backstop. The Terrorism...
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Financial Services Committee Releases September Schedule
Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus on Thursday announced the Committee’s hearing schedule for the month of September. Hearing on the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act:...
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Chairman Bachus Says Treasury Action Makes It Less Likely Taxpayers Will Be Repaid for $200 Billion GSE Bailout
Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus issued the following statement about the Treasury Department's decision on Friday to reduce the dividend rate paid to the Secre...
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Capito Chairing Subcommittee Field Hearing in West Virginia on Monday
West Virginia-based financial institutions will have the opportunity on Monday to tell a Congressional subcommittee chaired by Rep. Shelley Moore Capito how new regulations are aff...
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RT @RandyNeugebauer: Today I voted for, and the @FinancialCmte passed, a bill to provide relief to #veterans to help prevent homelessnes ...
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RT @RepJoeHeck: Bill I introduced aimed at reducing homelessness among veterans passed @FinancialCmte today. Learn more here http://t.co ...
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Tmrw's joint hearing on #JOBS Act is at 10 am EDT. Submitted witness testimony is here: http://t.co/igR7WMBc
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Dodd-Frank Dilemma
By Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer I was more than a little annoyed recently during a committee hearing with a government official who seemed intent on defending an agency created by the t...
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Route 40 Tour
By Rep. Robert Hurt At a time when uncertainty from Washington has led us to nearly three-and-a-half years of more than 8 percent unemployment nationally, folks in Washington, D.C....
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The JOBS Act
One of the most significant accomplishments of the Financial Services Committee during the 112th Congress is passage of the JOBS Act. The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS ...
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Fact Check: Ranking Member Barney Frank Blaming House Republicans for Missed Dodd-Frank Deadlines
Rep. Barney Frank, Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee, on Thursday responded to criticism that regulators have completed “less than half” of the 400 new regulations...
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Dodd-Frank is aimed at Wall Street. So why is it hurting the construction industry?
More evidence of the unintended consequences of the Dodd-Frank Act: “With passage of the Dodd-Frank law, the banking and financial services industries face uncertainty that has loc...
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Wall Street regulation is felt on Main Street
The following editorial appeared in the Aug. 22, 2012 edition of the Charleston Daily Mail: Wall Street regulation is felt on Main Street In the aftermath of the 2008 financial mel...
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The Dodd-Frank Threat to U.S. Energy
The following column appeared in the Wall Street Journal on August 17, 2012: The Dodd-Frank Threat to U.S. Energy Intrusive new disclosure rules by the SEC would give state-owned o...
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The Hill: House Financial Services field hearing looks at effects of Dodd-Frank regulations
Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) chaired a House Financial Services subcommittee hearing Monday on how new regulations are affecting financial institutions, particularly those i...