The current House Financial Services Committee chair, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), was term-limited in the role and is leaving Congress at the end of the year. Hill’s victory may come as a surprise to some members. Barr was seen as a strong contender with a close relationship with...
House Financial Services Committee Chair Outlines Legislative Priorities for 2017Charles M. Horn
The House passed the crypto regulatory-defining Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21) in May, but it stalled in the Senate banking committee, which Scott will now chair. A House-originated stablecoin regulatory framework bill has also stalled after passing the Financi...
House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters, D-Calif., and ranking minority member Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., reportedly plan to formally markup the bill on Wednesday. They plan to share details of the agreement w...
All five of the SEC's members appeared on Tuesday at a hearing of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, only the third time this has happened in the past 17 years, allowing Republican commissioners to voice dissent alongside its majority Democratic members. ...
“The mere fact that the U.S. now has a crypto and AI ‘czar’ reflects the impact of @FinancialCmte,” outgoing House Financial Services Committee Chair Rep.Patrick McHenry(R-N.C.) wrote on X. “The era of regulation by enforcement is over.” ...
By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: July 12, 2017 When members of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee question Fed Chair Janet Yellen this morning
The United States House Financial Services Committeehas unveiled the third draft of a significant stablecoin bill, led byRepresentative Patrick McHenry, the committee’s chair. This latest version of the bill is a collaborative effort, incorporating specific proposals from bothRepublican and Democratic co...
Rep. French Hill, an Arkansas Republican and former banker, is poised to become the next chair of the House Financial Services Committee after winning the endorsement of the GOP’s steering panel, according to three people with knowledge of the vote. ...
The picture of the outgoing House Financial Services chair, put forward by his friend Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.), plays off of both his short stature as well as his short term serving as speaker. “I've got great friends, and they know how to treat me well, and roasting me is ...