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Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
Members

MAJORITY

Chair: José E. Serrano (NY)
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick (MI)
C.A "Dutch" Ruppersberger (MD)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL)
Peter J. Visclosky (IN)
Robert E. "Bud" Cramer, Jr. (AL)
Maurice D. Hinchey (NY)
Adam Schiff (CA)
Dave Obey (WI), Ex Officio

MINORITY

Ranking Member:
Ralph Regula (OH)

Mark Steven Kirk (IL)
Rodney Alexander (LA)
Virgil Goode (VA)
Jo Bonner (AL)
Jerry Lewis (CA), Ex Officio
































































































Jose Serrano, Chair

José E. Serrano (NY), Chair

Dale Oak, Subcommittee Clerk
Room B-300 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-7245

Press Releases


Summary: FY 2009 Financial Services  Bill - Full Committee Markup
 06/25/08
 Today the House Appropriations Committee  approved the FY2009 Financial Services  appropriations bill by voice vote.

Serrano Statement: Financial Services  Bill Continues to Address Consumer and  Good Government Issues
 06/25/08

Serrano Statement: Subcommittee  Markup FY 2009 Financial Services  Appropriations
 06/17/08
 - Summary Table

Serrano Statement: District of Columbia
 04/30/08

Serrano Statement: Small Business  Administration Hearing
 04/10/08

Serrano Questions FCC Head Kevin  Martin
 04/09/08
 Today, Congressman José E. Serrano  questioned the Federal Communications  Commission Chairman, Kevin Martin, on a  variety of issues, extracting commitments to  look at several issues regarding the potential  XM-Sirius merger.

Serrano Statement: Federal  Communications Commission Hearing
 04/09/08

Serrano Statement: General Services  Administration Hearing
 04/03/08

Serrano Statement: Office of Personnel  Management Hearing
 04/02/08

Serrano Statement: National Archives  and Records Administration Hearing
 04/01/08

Serrano Statement: Supreme Court  Hearing
 03/13/08

Serrano Reacts to EAC Inspector  General Report
 03/12/08
 Chairman Serrano reacts to theElections  Assistance Commission Inspector General’s  report on the ‘Preparation of the Vote Fraud and  Voter Intimidation Report,’” which concluded  that partisanship did not play a role in the editing  of the report.

Serrano Statement: Federal Judiciary  Hearing
 03/12/08

Serrano Statement: Consumer Product  Safety Commission  Hearing
 03/11/08

Serrano Statement: Office of  Management and Budget Hearing
 03/06/08

Serrano Statement: Department of the  Treasury Hearing
 03/05/08

Serrano: “We Must Do More to Prevent  Predatory Lending Practices”
 02/28/08
 During a hearing on consumer protection in  financial services, Congressman José E. Serrano  issued a call for more aggressive action to be  taken to prevent foreclosures and end predatory  lending schemes.

Serrano Statement: Consumer Protection  in Financial Services Hearing
 02/28/08

Serrano Statement: Election  Administration Hearing
 02/27/08

Serrano Responds to Bush Budget  Request
 02/04/08


Press Releases 2007


Events


09/17/08
Hearing
Public, Educational, and Governmental (PEG) Access to Cable Television
10:30 AM, 2359 Rayburn
Monica Shah Desai, Media Bureau Chief, Federal Communications Commission
Michael Max Knobbe, Executive Director, BronxNet
Barbara Popovic, Executive Director, Chicago Access Network Television
Howard Symons, National Cable & Telecommunication Association
WEBCAST

06/25/08
Full Committee Markup

10:00 AM, 2359 Rayburn

06/17/08
Subcommittee Markup
4:00 PM, 2358-A Rayburn

04/30/08
Hearing
District of Columbia
2:30 PM, 2359 Rayburn
Adrian M. Fenty, Mayor, District of Columbia
Vincent Gray, Chairman, District of Columbia City Council
Dr. Natwar M. Gandhi, Chief Financial Officer, District of Columbia

04/16/08
Hearing
Securities and Exchange Commission
10:00 AM, 2220 Rayburn
Christopher Cox, Chairman, SEC

04/15/08
Hearing
Internal Revenue Service
10:00 AM, 2220 Rayburn
Douglas Shulman, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, IRS

04/10/08
Hearing
Small Business Administration
10:00 AM, 2220 Rayburn
Steven Preston, Administrator, SBA

04/09/08
Hearing
Federal Communications Commission
10:00 AM, 2220 Rayburn
Kevin Martin, Chairman, FCC

04/03/08
Hearing
General Services Administration
10:00 AM, 2220 Rayburn
Lurita Doan, Administrator, GSA

04/02/08
Hearing
Office of Personnel Management
10:00 AM, 2220 Rayburn
Linda Springer, Director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management

04/01/08
Hearing
National Archives
10:00 AM, 2220 Rayburn
Allen Weinstein, Archivist, National Archives

03/13/08
Hearing
Supreme Court of the United States
10:00 AM, 2220 Rayburn
Anthony Kennedy, Associate Justice
Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice

03/12/08
Hearing
The Judiciary
10:00 AM, 2220 Rayburn
Julia Gibbons, Chair, Budget Committee of the Judicial Conference
James Duff, Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts

03/11/08
Hearing
Consumer Product Safety Commission
10:00 AM, 2220 Rayburn
Nancy Nord, Acting Chairman
Thomas Moore, Commissioner

03/06/08
Hearing
Office of Management and Budget
10:00 AM, 2220 Rayburn
Jim Nussle, Director, Office of Management and Budget

03/05/08
Hearing
Department of the Treasury Budget
10:00 AM, 2359 Rayburn
Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury

02/28/08
Hearing
Consumer Protection in Financial Services: Subprime Lending and Other Financial Activities
10:00 AM, 2220 Rayburn
First Panel
Donna Gambrell, Director of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, Department of the Treasury
Lydia Parnes, Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission
Second Panel
Michael D. Calhoun, President, Center for Responsible Lending
Janet Murguía, President and CEO, National Council of La Raza
Greg Lobo Jost, Deputy Director, University Neighborhood Housing Program/Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project
Chris Stinebert, President and CEO, American Financial Services Association


02/27/08
Hearing
Election Administration Issues
10:00 AM, 2359 Rayburn
First Panel
Rosemary Rodriguez, Chair, Election Assistance Commission
Caroline Hunter, Vice-Chair, Election Assistance Commission
Donetta L. Davidson, Commissioner, Election Assistance Commission
Gracia Hillman, Commissioner, Election Assistance Commission
Second Panel
Wendy Weiser, Deputy Director of the Democracy Program, Brennan Center
Susan K. Urahn, Managing Director, State Policy Initiatives, Pew Charitable Trusts
Arturo Vargas, Executive Director, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials
Jeff Matthews, Director, Stark County, Ohio, Board of Elections


Events 2007


Resources

2009 Earmark Certification Letters

2008 Bill – HR 2829
Text, Congressional Action, Status

2008 Bill – Public Law 110-161
Bill Text and Explanatory Statement, including Earmarks & Congressional Directed Spending

Instructions for  Submitting Written  Testimony Previous Bills

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