Press Releases
WASHINGTON—Congressman Jeb Hensarling (TX-05), Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement on the Department of Defense’s demand for our veterans to repay their bonuses:
WASHINGTON – Today, the House passed, and Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) voted for, the Iranian Leadership Asset Transparency Act (H.R. 5461). This bipartisan bill originated in the House Financial Services Committee, which Congressman Hensarling chairs. H.R. 5461 will bring transparency to the financial assets held by Iran’s top political and military leaders and shed light on how these assets contribute to Iran’s funding of terrorism.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Chairman of the Financial Services Committee, said today the committee has launched an investigation into alleged fraud that led to the opening of unauthorized customer accounts at Wells Fargo and the role of Washington regulators in monitoring and investigating this activity.
WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) voted to stop the Obama Administration from continuing its reckless release of prisoners from Guantanamo Bay detention camp (Gitmo). Under current law, it is illegal for the president to transfer Gitmo detainees to American soil, but that’s not stopping him from releasing these dangerous terrorist to other countries and putting our national security at risk. In fact, the Administration has already cleared 20 of the remaining 61 detainees for release.
WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) voted for the VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act of 2016 (H.R. 5620). This bill would speed up the VA disability benefits appeals process, strengthen protections for whistleblowers at the VA, and provide the Secretary of the VA increased flexibility to remove a VA employee for poor performance or misconduct.
WASHINGTON – Legislation to end bailouts for big banks, toughen penalties for wrongdoing on Wall Street, promote economic growth, and provide desperately needed regulatory relief for small community banks and credit unions passed the House Financial Services Committee 30-26 today.
WASHINGTON—Congressman Jeb Hensarling (TX-05) released the following statement today after a remembrance ceremony on the steps of the Capitol in recognition of the 15th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks:
“Although the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, occurred 15 years ago, those heinous acts are ever present in the minds of those who lost loved ones that day and are forever emblazoned in the minds of every American who still remembers exactly where they were when the first plane struck the World Trade Center that Tuesday morning.
WASHINGTON— Congressman Jeb Hensarling (TX-05), Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, raised serious questions Thursday about the Obama Administration’s $1.7 billion in cash payments to Iran during a hearing of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee. Addressing a panel of witnesses from the Obama State, Treasury, and Justice Departments—who only appeared after he threatened them with subpoena—Chairman Hensarling delivered the following opening remarks:
WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman Jeb Hensarling (TX-05), Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, voted for the Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2016 (H.R. 5063). This bill stops the Department of Justice (DOJ), and all other agencies, from pushing defendants to donate money to favored political interest groups as part of settlement agreements with the federal government.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Jeb Hensarling, Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released the August jobs report: