House Plans Hearings on CFPB Oversight, Dodd-Frank’s Impact on Small Financial Institutions

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Dodd-Frank are among the topics on the House Financial Services Committee’s March agenda, according to a press release issued Friday by Chairman Spencer Bachus.

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    The Financial Institutions Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the impact of the Dodd-Frank Act on small financial institutions Wednesday, March 2, at 2 p.m. At the same time on Wednesday, March 16, the subcommittee has scheduled a hearing on oversight of the CFPB.
     
    “We are committed to ensuring government policies promote, rather than hinder, a stronger economy and more jobs,” said Chairman Bachus in the press release. “It means we will fulfill our Constitutional obligation to exercise rigorous oversight of the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act and its impact on the economy, and it means we will pursue the elimination of unnecessary spending at a time of record deficits.”

    Click here for more information on the House Financial Services Committee’s schedule.   


     

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