Cut through credit card 'gobbledygook' Nov 20, 2009
Jeb Hensarling, who sits on the , "I want a consumer agency that helps consumers get effective disclosure. I don't want a consumer agency that takes away consumer rights.". But the industry is fighting the reforms. (CNN)
GOP twists facts about the House health care plan Nov 17, 2009
I don t mean the usual hyperbole about a children-bankrupting, health-care-rationing, freedom-crushing $1 trillion government takeover of our health care system, as Texas Republican Jeb Hensarling put it. Or the tired canards about taxpayer-funded abortion or insurance subsidies for illegal immigrants. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Wall finds a home in Kaufman Oct 27, 2009
The dedication ceremony will begin at 3 p.m. KLUV radio personality Jody Dean will serve as the emcee for the event, which will feature comments from Kaufman County Wayne Gent and U.S. Congressman Jeb Hensarling as well as a poem reading from Nina Boyd. Featured speaker for the event will be Anthony W. Shady Groves, the assistant commandant for academic and discipline for the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M University. (Terrell Tribune, TX)
Obama to announce help for small banks, businesses Oct 21, 2009
Jeb Hensarling, a Texas Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, urged the administration to end the program at year s end. I will strongly suggest to community bankers in my district that they reject an invitation from the Obama administration to participate in TARP, he said. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Hensarling feels health care bill needs to be reworked Oct 19, 2009
Jeb Hensarling held a town hall meeting at Town East Mall on Tuesday to discuss the impact of the health care reform bill or House Bill 3200 as it is known on Capitol Hill in Washington. We need health care reform legislation. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
GOP uses ACORN to fight bank redlining law Oct 14, 2009
Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, a member of the House Financial Services Committee. "Do we have the votes for it today? I seriously doubt that.". (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Watchdog Doubts Goals Of Loan Relief Plan Oct 10, 2009
Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, one of the two dissenters, described the foreclosure mitigation program as a failure and rejected suggestions in the report that the program should be expanded. "Regardless of whether one believes foreclosure mitigation can truly work, taxpayers who are struggling to pay their own mortgage should not be forced to bail out their neighbors through such an inefficient and transparency-deficient program," he said. (Click2Houston, TX)
Panel questions loan relief plan Oct 9, 2009
Representative Jeb Hensarling, a Texas Republican and one of the two dissenters, described the foreclosure mitigation program as a failure and rejected suggestions in the report that the program should be expanded. Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
House pushes for audit of Fed Sep 26, 2009
Jeb Hensarling, an outspoken conservative from Texas. The bill would direct the Government Accountability Office, the congressional watchdog agency, to complete by the end of 2010 an audit of the Fed's Board of Governors and its banks. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Scam targets veterans Sep 26, 2009
Published: Friday, September 25, 2009 10:31 AM CDT DALLAS Congressman Jeb Hensarling is warning Texas veterans against a recent scam aimed at obtaining credit card information for fraudulent purposes. Last week, Dr. Gerald Cross, the Veteran Administration s Under Secretary for Health, warned that America s veterans have become targets in an inexcusable scam that dishonors their service and misrepresents the Department built for them. (Terrell Tribune, TX)
Taxpayers Face Heavy Losses On Auto Bailout Sep 10, 2009
Jeb Hensarling, a Texas Republican, who dissented from the report. Hensarling said the auto companies should never have received funding and criticized the government for picking "winners and losers.". (Click2Houston, TX)
8 big banks that repaid bailouts turning a profit Aug 31, 2009
The taxpayers want their money back, and they want the government out of our banking system, said Representative Jeb Hensarling, Republican of Texas. In October, a financial panic was in full swing and the Treasury Department started spending roughly $240 billion to buy preferred shares from hundreds of banks that were facing huge potential losses from troubled mortgages. (Boston Globe)
U.S. bailout panel: toxic assets may need more support Aug 11, 2009
Jeb Hensarling, a Texas Republican and the committee's only sitting congressman. Hensarling said he could not approve the report because it advocated intervention with additional government funds when that may not be necessary. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
US House pumps US$2b into 'cash for clunkers' Aug 1, 2009
"Cash for Clunkers is another example of the government picking winners and losers and enshrines us as a bailout nation," said Republican Representative Jeb Hensarling of Texas. "You cannot bail out, borrow and spend your way to prosperity. We now have the highest unemployment rate in a quarter of a century. The bailout mania approach to economic recovery is not working," he said. (Channelnewsasia.com)
Special to The Herald Jul 31, 2009
On July 16 U. S. Congressmen Jeb Hensarling and John Carter welcomed Hanley as the guest chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives. After an introduction by the Speaker of the House, Pastor Hanley opened the session with prayer. (Cameron Herald, TX)
House panel supports restrictions on executive pay Jul 29, 2009
Randy Neugebauer and Jeb Hensarling and Georgia Rep. said unelected bureaucrats shouldn't get to decide how much money executives make. (USA Today -- Money)
Task force head says gov't wants to sell car stock Jul 29, 2009
Jeb Hensarling, of Texas and a member of the Congressional Oversight Panel, said he was "disappointed" that a representative from the United Auto Workers union as well as the CEOs of GM and Chrysler were not present to testify. "Now that it is time to account for the money, you don't see them today," he said. (Ionia Sentinel-Standard, MI)
Government wants to sell auto shares quickly Jul 28, 2009
Rattner out, Bloom in"Rattner stepped down from the task force on July 13 and was replaced by Bloom, a former United Steel Workers union official.The administration said Rattner had decided to return to private life and his family in New York City. It remained unclear whether the departure had anything to do with the ongoing public corruption probe that has nibbled at Rattner's heels in New York.Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and the Securities and Exchange Commission have charged a state... (MSNBC -- Business)
National Mall in disrepair after years of neglect... Jul 24, 2009
Jeb Hensarling of Texas said mall funding wasn't an emergency. "It's entirely appropriate for Congress to fund repairs for the National Mall in the traditional process, but the American people are smart enough to know that it will do very little or absolutely nothing to provide economic stimulus," he said. (The Drudge Report)
Washington Report: Controversial Legislation Jul 20, 2009
The new agency's powers are potentially so broad that one House critic, Congressman Jeb Hensarling, a Texas Republican, called them "Orwellian," and the equivalent of a "politburo" that would decide what's good -- and what's bad -- for all consumers, even those with special borrowing needs and sophistication. Published: July 20, 2009. (RealtyTimes)
National Mall Showing Its Age Jul 5, 2009
Jeb Hensarling, a Republican from Texas ... Jeb Hensarling, a Republican from Texas ... (Repair of the National Mall) is not an emergency," said Rep. Jeb Hensarling, a Republican from Texas."---Newster1 said, "Bet if it was in TEX-ASS he would have welcomed it!". (CBS News)
Community News May 17, 2009
Jeb Hensarling will host a forum on internet safety for Mesquite residents at 6 p.m. on May 21 at the Mesquite Public Library. The meeting is the latest in a series of constituent service forums hosted by Hensarling s office. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Credit card rules pass House May 1, 2009
"We shouldn't take credit opportunities away," said Representative Jeb Hensarling, Republican of Texas. "I just want consumers to have choices. I want there to be a competitive marketplace.". (Boston Globe)
* US Senate, House pass budget Apr 4, 2009
Republican Representative Jeb Hensarling of Texas slammed the House vote as a bloated blueprint for spending on government projects that are bound to plunge the country further into debt. Never in the history of America have so few voted so fast to indebt so many, Hensarling said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
US Congress passes 3.5-trillion-dollar budget plan Apr 3, 2009
" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hailed the vote. "It is a day that we have waited for, worked for, hoped for, and now we will be able to pass a budget that truly is a statement of our national values," she said. Republican Representative Jeb Hensarling of Texas slammed the House vote as a bloated blueprint for spending on government projects that are bound to plunge the country further into debt. "Never in the history of America have so few voted so fast to indebt so many," Hensarling said.... (Yahoo! Asia News)
AIG chief seeks bonus givebacks Mar 19, 2009
Would the company, asked Texas Representative Jeb Hensarling, agree to go "double or nothing" on the bonuses. "Interesting idea," Liddy replied. (Boston Globe)
Patty Murray Rated Most Liberal Senator Feb 28, 2009
Three Republicans Paul Broun of Georgia, Trent Franks of Arizona and Jeb Hensarling of Texas were considered the most conservative. Included in the list of the most liberal House members: Robert Brady, D-Penn. (Newsmax)
House OKs $410 billion domestic spending bill Feb 26, 2009
Jeb Hensarling of Texas said the legislation was "going to grow the government 8.3 percent ... but the family budget which has to pay for the federal budget only grew at 1.3 percent last year.". The spending bill that cleared the House drew the support of 229 Democrats and 16 Republicans. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
House approves spending Feb 26, 2009
Jeb Hensarling of Texas said the legislation was "going to grow the government 8.3 percent ... but the family budget which has to pay for the federal budget only grew at 1.3 percent last year.". The debate occurred one day after Obama told Congress that he intends to cut deficits in half over the next four years. (AZCentral -- News)
Time to hit the streets? Feb 22, 2009
Jeff Flake of Arizona, Jeb Hensarling of Texas and Mike Pence of Indiana. Still, DeMint says star power isn't what we need. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Some denounce Obama's homeowner rescue as unfair Feb 21, 2009
Jeb Hensarling, a Texas Republican, summed up the plan as "Nice guys finish last." Conservative columnist David Brooks echoed those sentiments in a New York Times column titled "Money for Idiots.". Rick Santelli, a reporter for financial network CNBC, compared the government's actions to those of communist Cuba during a dramatic, televised rant Thursday from the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. (Anchorage Daily News)
Political Grapevine Feb 21, 2009
USA Today reports Texas Republican Congressman Jeb Hensarling is throwing a skiing fundraiser in Wyoming where the minimum donation is $2,500. Colorado Democrat Ed Perlmutter will host a similar event at $2,400/person. (Fox News)
Bailout for homeowners stirs up strong feelings Feb 21, 2009
Jeb Hensarling, a Texas Republican, summed up the plan as "Nice guys finish last.". Conservative columnist David Brooks echoed those sentiments in a New York Times column titled "Money for Idiots.". (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Lawmakers take fundraising to slopes Feb 20, 2009
Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, is mingling this weekend with campaign contributors at a ski resort near Jackson Hole, Wyo ... Jeb Hensarling are invited to the Snake River Lodge & Spa near Jackson Hole, Wyo. (USA Today)
Report reveals stimulus aid for Texas Feb 18, 2009
Jeb Hensarling, R-Dallas/Parts of East Texas, 7,800 new jobs; Congressional District 6, represented by U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Ennis, 8,800 new jobs; Congressional District 12, represented by U.S. Rep. (Dallas Business Journal, TX)
Alexander Hamilton, J.P. Morgan... and Tim Geithner? Feb 14, 2009
Jeb Hensarling, R-Tx. as the congressman who asked the assembled banking CEOs why "we just don't let the market work these things out?" After Debbee Keller, Hensarling's press secretary, e-mailed me this morning questioning the veracity of the quote, I checked the transcript and discovered it was actually another Texas Republican, Rep. (Salon)
Stock whiplash follows mortgage news Feb 13, 2009
Jeb Hensarling, R-Tx ... "(UPDATE: In my haste transcribing the live hearing, I originally identified the Congressman asking this questions as Rep. Jeb Hensarling, also a Texan Republican. That was a serious error, brought to my attention by Hensarling's office, and I regret it.)He was referring to the critical issue of how to resolve the value of the "toxic assets" held by financial institutions. The emerging hard-line Republican position appears to be that the government should not attempt to... (Salon)
