Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga, Chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, grilled the former leaders of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and First Republic Bank, all of which failed in the past 2 months.
During his questioning, Chairman Huizenga directly asked the former leaders if they take responsibility for the failure of their banks… Read more »
Last night, Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-04) joined Bloomberg’s Balance of Power to discuss the state of play on the debt limit as well as the upcoming hearing in the Financial Services Committee regarding the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. Video of Congressman Huizenga’s interview is available by clicking on the image below.
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Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-04), Chairman of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee for the House Committee on Financial Services, released the following statement on the Federal Reserve's SVB report.
"While this report by the Federal Reserve recognizes the clear failure of bank management to address risks created by rising interest rates, it falls short of fully… Read more »
Yesterday, the House Committee on Financial Services successfully advanced Congressman Huizenga’s legislation, the Accredited Investor Definition Review Act, with an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 41-2. The Accredited Investor Definition Review Act would modernize Securities Act of 1933 and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act with respect to the definition of… Read more »
Yesterday, Congressman Bill Huizenga, Chairman of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee for the House Committee on Financial Services, grilled Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler on his agency's lack of transparency and responsiveness to congressional request for documents.
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Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Chairman of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee for the House Committee on Financial Services, delivered pointed questions to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler during a hearing on Capitol Hill. Rep. Huizenga pressed Chair Gensler on the SEC’s lack of transparency, accountability, and overall failure to produce… Read more »
Information comes at us today at a pace like never before. One effective way I have found to communicate with constituents (besides weekly newspaper columns) is hosting telephone town hall conversations.
On March 27th, I held my first telephone town hall as the representative of Michigan’s 4th Congressional District. I took questions from across the district on a host of topics including… Read more »
Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Chairman of the House Financial Services Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, questioned regulators from the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and Treasury Department on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the Biden Administration’s response. A brief summary of Congressman Huizenga’s questioning as well as… Read more »
Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI), announced the introduction of the Improving Disclosure for Investors Act. This bipartisan bill was introduced with Congressman Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Congressman Bryan Steil (R-WI), and Congressman Wiley Nickel (D-NC). The Improving Disclosure for Investors Act directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to engage in rulemaking that… Read more »
Last night, Congressmen Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Chairman of the House Financial Services Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee and head of the Republican ESG Working Group, joined the “Evening Edit” to discuss President Biden’s veto and how it will negatively impact retirement savings for those in Michigan and across the nation.
To watch the full conversation, click on the link… Read more »
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