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H.R. 10, the "Financial CHOICE Act of 2017.”

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To create hope and opportunity for investors, consumers, and entrepreneurs by ending bailouts and Too Big to Fail, holding Washington and Wall Street accountable, eliminating red tape to increase access to capital and credit, and repealing the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act that make America less prosperous, less stable, and less free, and for other purposes.

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S. 881, the "21st Century Glass-Steagall Act of 2017"

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To reduce risks to the financial system by limiting banks’ ability to engage in certain risky activities and limiting conflicts of interest, to reinstate certain Glass-Steagall Act protections that were repealed by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and for other purposes.

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Examining the Federal Reserve’s Mandate and Governance Structure

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House Financial Services Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade  

Witness List
 
Dr. Charles Calomiris, Henry Kaufman Professor of Financial Institutions, Columbia Business School
Dr. Mickey Levy, Chief Economist for Americas and Asia, Berenberg Capital Markets, LLC
The Honorable William Spriggs, Chief Economist, AFL-CIO and Professor, Department of Economics, Howard University

H.R. 1849, the "Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2017."

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To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to exclude law firms and licensed attorneys who are engaged in activities related to legal proceedings from the definition of a debt collector, to amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to prevent the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection from exercising supervisory or enforcement authority with respect to attorneys when undertaking certain actions related to legal proceedings, and for other purposes.
 
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Examining the Impact of the Volcker Rule on the Markets, Businesses, Investors, and Job Creators

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House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities, and Investment
 
Witness List
 
Mr. David Blass, General Counsel, Investment Company Institute 
Mr. Marc Jarsulic, Vice President, Economic Policy, Center for American Progress 
Mr. Ronald J. Kruszewski, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Stifel Financial Corp., on behalf of Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association 
Mr. Thomas Quaadman, Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce 
Professor Charles K. Whitehead, Myron C. Taylor Alumni Professor of Business Law, Director, Law, Technology and Entrepreneurship Program, Cornell University 
 

Markup Hearing of H.R. 1667

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House Judiciary Committee

 

Introduced

Bill

Author

Title

Action

Result

 

03/22/2017

H.R. 1667

Rep. Marino 

Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2017

Voice Vote

Passed

 

The State of Bank Lending in America

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House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit

Witness List
 
Mr. Scott Heitkamp, President and Chief Executive Officer, ValueBank Texas, on behalf of the Independent Community Bankers of America
Ms. Holly Wade, Director, Research and Policy Analysis, National Federation of Independent Businesses
Mr. David Motley, President, Colonial Companies, on behalf of the Mortgage Bankers Association
Mr. Michael Calhoun, President, Center for Responsible Lending