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Jeb Hensarling

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Jeb Hensarling is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Texas's 5th congressional district from 2003 to 2019. During his tenure, he served as the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, where he played a significant role in shaping financial regulation and policy. Hensarling was known for his advocacy of free-market principles and his opposition to the Dodd-Frank Act, which was enacted in response to the 2008 financial crisis.

Apr 11, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Well, the ranking member poses the question, ``Why?'' I can tell you why, Mr. Speaker. It is because Therese from Waco has written: I would like to express my disappointment at being…

Congressional Record · 2018-04-11
Apr 11, 2018

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, this 15- minute vote on passage of H.R. 4061 will be followed by 5-minute votes on: The motion to…

Congressional Record · 2018-04-11
Apr 10, 2018

I do want to return back to this use of the term 'abusive.'

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Apr 10, 2018

Well, this is borderline insane is what it is, Mr. Mulvaney, borderline insane.

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Apr 10, 2018

So powerful is the CFPB director that he alone has been granted the unprecedented power to declare any mortgage, credit card, or bank account unfair or abusive.

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Apr 10, 2018

The CFPB is unaccountable to Congress because it determines its own funding stream.

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Apr 10, 2018

The CFPB is unaccountable to the President, because the director can only be removed for cause.

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Apr 10, 2018

Now that Mick Mulvaney is acting director, I still maintain that the CFPB is the most powerful and unaccountable agency in the history of the republic.

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Apr 10, 2018

I maintained it was perhaps the single most powerful and unaccountable agency in the history of the republic.

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Mar 20, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I am just amazed that anybody from North Carolina, after being beaten by Texas A&M by 21 points, would make any allusion to basketball whatsoever. I trust our next speaker will not make that mistake. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3…

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