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November 2010
11/22/2010 Chairman Frank Statement on Republican Attacks on Fed Efforts to Boost U.S. Economy
11/16/2010 Chairman Frank Statement on Financial Status of Federal Housing Administration
11/10/2010 Chairmen Frank, Levin Statement on Fed’s Quantitative Easing

October 2010
10/1/2010 Kanjorski Comments on CFTC-SEC Staff Report on Stock Market Volatility

September 2010
9/24/2010 Chairman Frank Statement on Flood Insurance Program Extension
9/23/2010 House Approves Legislation to Help Small Businesses and Create Jobs
9/23/2010 Chairman Frank Statement on House Passage of SEC FOIA Legislation
9/17/2010 Chairman Frank Statement on President Obama’s Appointment of Elizabeth Warren

August 2010
8/20/2010 Frank, Kanjorski Release Letters Calling for FHFA to Protect Taxpayers
8/4/2010 Frank Announces Hearing on SEC FOIA Provision of Wall Street Reform Law

July 2010
7/30/2010 Kanjorski Announces September Hearing to Assess Limitations of the Securities Investor Protection Act
7/29/2010 Frank and Kanjorski Announce September Housing Finance Hearings
7/28/2010 House Financial Services Committee Passes Measure to Preserve Affordable Rental Housing
7/28/2010 House Financial Services Committee Advances Legislation to Revitalize Public Housing
7/28/2010 House Financial Services Committee Approves Legislation to Legalize Internet Gaming
7/15/2010 House Passes Flood Insurance Extension

June 2010
6/29/2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
6/23/2010 Frank Announces House Offer on Derivatives
6/22/2010 Frank Announces House Offer on Prudential Regulation
6/22/2010 The Wall Street Reform Bill: Tuesday, June 22nd Conference Update
6/21/2010 The Wall Street Reform Bill: Conference Update
6/21/2010 Frank Announces House Offer on Consumer Protection, Risk Retention, Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending
6/16/2010 Frank Announces House Offer on Financial Stability; Orderly Liquidation Authority; Payment, Clearing, and Settlement Supervision
6/15/2010 Frank Announces House Offer on Investor Protection, Executive Compensation, Fed and Emergency Liquidity Provisions
6/14/2010 Frank Announces House Offer to Base Text on Private Funds, Credit Rating Agencies, Thrifts and Insurance
6/11/2010 House Passes Legislation to Help Homeowners, Reform Federal Housing Administration
6/10/2010 Summary of House-passed Provisions Included in Senate Wall Street Reform Base Text
6/9/2010 Frank Sends Letter to C-SPAN Chairman On Public House-Senate Conference Meetings

May 2010
5/20/2010 Frank Statement on the Passage of the Financial Stability Bill
5/19/2010 Committee Approves President Obama’s Plan to Help America’s Small Businesses
5/19/2010 Frank Testimony Before the Ways and Means Committee on Internet Gambling
5/7/2010 Frank Statement on April Jobs Report
5/7/2010 Frank Introduces National Flood Insurance Program Bill
5/6/2010 Frank Statement on Citi’s Communities at Work Fund

April 2010
4/28/2010 House Republicans Ought to be Embarrassed about their Record on Fannie and Freddie
4/27/2010 Committee Passes Reforms To National Flood Insurance Program
4/27/2010 Committee Approves Homeowners’ Insurance Reform Bill
4/27/2010 Committee Approves FHA Reform Act
4/22/2010 Committee Approves Legislation to Promote Going Green to Save Green
4/22/2010 KANJORSKI BILL PRESERVING AFFORDABLE MORTGAGES IN AMERICA’S HEARTLAND PASSES IN COMMITTEE
4/20/2010 Wall Street Reform Bill Addresses Problems Raised By Lehman Failure
4/15/2010 Statement by Chairman Barney Frank
4/1/2010 Statement of Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank on the March Job Report
4/1/2010 Statement of Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank

March 2010
3/26/2010 Frank Statement on the Obama Administration’s Foreclosure Avoidance Program
3/23/2010 Subcommittee to Examine Role of Credit Scores
3/18/2010 Frank Introduces Housing Preservation and Tenant Protection Act
3/18/2010 Frank Sends Letter to Boehner over “Punk Staffers” Comment
3/17/2010 Capuano and Cleaver: Municipal Bonds to be Rated with Fairness
3/15/2010 Frank Statement on Senator Dodd’s Financial Reform Package
3/5/2010 Statement by Chairman Barney Frank
3/4/2010 Subcommittee Approves Measure to Cancel Haiti’s Debt
3/3/2010 Frank Statement on Housing Consumer Protections at the Federal Reserve

February 2010
2/22/2010 Frank Statement on the Credit CARD Act
2/9/2010 Frank Statement on Consumer Protection
2/9/2010 Financial Services Committee Postpones All Hearings this Week
2/4/2010 Financial Services Committee to Consider the Future of Housing Finance

January 2010
1/25/2010 Frank Statement on Attending the World Economic Forum
1/22/2010 Republican Description of Bill is Inaccurate
1/21/2010 Frank Statement on the President’s Financial Reform Proposals
1/21/2010 Frank Releases Memo on CFPA
1/15/2010 Statement of Financial Services Committee Chairman Frank
1/14/2010 Frank Responds to Ranking Member Bachus on AIG hearings
1/14/2010 Frank Statement on the Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee
1/13/2010 Frank Announces Hearing on Compensation
1/6/2010 Frank Statement on Senator Dodd

December 2009
12/11/2009 House Approves Historic New Rules to Govern America’s Financial System
12/10/2009 Republican Response to the Worst Financial Meltdown since the Great Depression: “What, There’s a Problem?”
12/4/2009 Frank Op-ED: "A Comprehensive Solution to Combustible Markets"
12/3/2009 Kanjorski Announces Third Madoff Ponzi Scheme Hearing
12/3/2009 Committee Completes Work on New Rules to Govern America’s Financial System
12/2/2009 Frank Statement on FHA Loan Limits
12/2/2009 Financial Services Committee Passes Federal Insurance Office Act
12/2/2009 Committee Passes Financial Stability Legislation, Ends Taxpayer Bailouts

November 2009
11/27/2009 Frank Statement on Implementation of Internet Gambling Regulations
11/20/2009 The Truth V. The National Journal: You have got to be kidding
11/18/2009 KANJORSKI AMENDMENT TO ADDRESS COMPANIES THAT ARE “TOO BIG TO FAIL” PASSES IN FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE
11/10/2009 Frank Statement on Senator Dodd’s Financial Reform Package
11/6/2009 Frank Statement on Derivatives
11/4/2009 House Votes to Speed Up Credit Card Reforms
11/4/2009 Frank Sends Letter on Derivatives to Gensler, Schapiro
11/4/2009 Financial Services Committee Approves Investor Protection Act

October 2009
10/29/2009 Frank Applauds White House Announcement on the Affordable Housing Trust Fund
10/29/2009 Frank Statement on the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Manager’s Amendment to the CFPA
10/28/2009 Financial Services Committee Approves Bipartisan Credit Rating Agencies Reform Bill
10/27/2009 Committee Approves Private Advisor Registration Bill with Bipartisan Support
10/27/2009 Financial Services Committee and Treasury Department Release Draft Legislation to Address Systemic Risk, “Too Big to Fail” Institutions
10/23/2009 Financial Services Committee Statement Responding to Republican Procedural Objections
10/22/2009 Financial Services Committee Approves Maloney-Frank bill to Speed Up Credit Card Reforms
10/22/2009 Financial Services Committee Votes to Create the Consumer Financial Protection Agency
10/17/2009 Committee to Continue Consideration of Financial Regulatory Reform Legislation
10/15/2009 Financial Services Committee Approves Legislation to Regulate Derivatives
10/14/2009 House Passes Iran Sanctions Enabling Bill
10/8/2009 Committee to Begin Consideration of Financial Regulatory Reform Legislation
10/2/2009 Bipartisan Group Sends Letter to Bernanke, Geithner Seeking Delay in UIGEA rule Implementation
10/2/2009 Frank Circulates Discussion Draft of Legislation to Regulate OTC Derivatives
10/1/2009 Kanjorski releases financial reform drafts on Investor Protection, Private Advisor Registration, and Federal Insurance

September 2009
9/25/2009 Kanjorski Circulates Discussion Draft of Accountability and Transparency in Credit Rating Agencies Act
9/25/2009 Frank Circulates Discussion Draft of Consumer Financial Protection Agency Bill
9/24/2009 Maloney, Frank Introduce Bill to Change Effective Date of Credit Card Reforms to Dec. 1
9/23/2009 The Federal Reserve’s Record on Consumer Protection
9/23/2009 Capital Markets to Examine the Securitization of Life Insurance Settlements
9/23/2009 Congressman Barney Frank’s Statement Regarding ACORN
9/15/2009 Frank Announces Tentative Committee Schedule for the Consideration of Financial Regulatory Reform

August 2009
8/26/2009 Congressman Frank’s Statement on Senator Kennedy
8/25/2009 Frank Statement on Chairman Bernanke
8/11/2009 GAO Issues Critical Report of Federal Regulators Enforcement of Fair Lending Laws
8/7/2009 Frank Statement on July Unemployment Numbers

July 2009
7/31/2009 House Passes Executive Compensation Reform
7/31/2009 Today: Executive Compensation Reform on House Floor
7/30/2009 Peterson, Frank Announce Derivatives Legislation Outline
7/29/2009 House Passes National Flood Insurance Program Extension
7/29/2009 Frank Statement on the Progress of Reducing Foreclosures
7/28/2009 Financial Services Committee Passes Executive Compensation Reform
7/23/2009 Financial Services Committee Approves Section Eight Housing Voucher Reform
7/22/2009 Frank, Maloney Statement on Goldman Sachs Warrant Buyback
7/22/2009 Frank Statement on Bernanke’s Testimony on the Recovery Act’s Positive Effects
7/21/2009 House Chairs Warn President of Dangers of Signing Statements
7/21/2009 Fed Chair: Higher Unemployment Without Economic Reinvestment Act
7/17/2009 Frank Circulates Discussion Draft on Executive Compensation
7/16/2009 Frank Statement on Executive Compensation
7/10/2009 Dodd, Frank Ask Regulators to Address 2nd Mortgages Valuation Problems that Discourage Loan Modifications
7/9/2009 Waters and Frank Introduce New Flood Insurance Legislation
7/8/2009 Frank Introduces Obama Administration’s Plan to Increase Consumer Protection

June 2009
6/30/2009 Frank Statement on the Administration’s Consumer Financial Protection Agency Proposal
6/23/2009 Frank to Address the National Press Club
6/18/2009 Frank Announces Tentative Committee Schedule for the Consideration of Financial Regulatory Reform
6/10/2009 Frank Statement on European Commission’s Report on U.S. Internet Gambling Laws

May 2009
5/28/2009 Reps. Maloney, Frank, Gutierrez ask Fed to Curb Bank Overdraft Abuses
5/20/2009 House Passes Historic Legislation to Curtail Abusive Credit Card Practices and Protect Consumers
5/19/2009 Summary of S. 896, the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009
5/18/2009 Statement of Financial Services Committee Chairman Frank on Resolution Authority
5/14/2009 Financial Services Committee to Hold Hearing on Municipal Finance
5/14/2009 Financial Services Committee to Hold Hearing on Section 8 Voucher Reform Act
5/13/2009 Statement of Chairman Collin Peterson and Chairman Barney Frank on OTC Derivatives
5/13/2009 Kanjorski Convenes Hearing to Examine Need for Further Regulation of Credit Rating Agencies
5/13/2009 Updated Summary of H.R. 627, the Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights
5/7/2009 House Passes Historic Mortgage Reform Legislation
5/6/2009 Frank Unveils Internet Gambling Legislation

April 2009
4/30/2009 House Approves Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights
4/30/2009 Statement of House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank
4/29/2009 Financial Services Committee Approves Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Bill
4/28/2009 House Financial Services Committee Passes Iran Sanctions Enabling Bill
4/28/2009 Financial Services Committee to Continue Markup of Mortgage Reform Bill
4/28/2009 Frank Praises Changes To World Bank’s “Doing Business” Report
4/23/2009 Financial Services Committee Announces April 28th Markup
4/22/2009 Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights Clears Financial Services Committee
4/8/2009 Frank Statement on Moody’s Negative Outlook on Municipalities
4/3/2009 Frank Statement on March Unemployment Statistics
4/2/2009 Frank Statement on FASB Ruling on Mark-to-Market Accounting
4/2/2009 Reps. Maloney and Gutierrez hail Subcommittee passage of Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights
4/2/2009 Frank to Address the House to Counter Republican Charges and Misinformation on Economic and Mortgage Crisis
4/1/2009 House Passes Grayson-Himes Legislation to Tie Pay to Performance for TARP Recipients
4/1/2009 Frank Asks Secretary Geithner and Chairman Bernanke to Investigate AIG Counterparties
4/1/2009 Frank Dear Colleague:"The Days of Light-Touch Regulation are Over"

March 2009
3/31/2009 Subcommittee Hearing to Evaluate Restrictions on Predatory Payday Lending Practices
3/30/2009 Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee to Consider Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Legislation
3/30/2009 DODD, FRANK PLEDGE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT ON REGULATORY MODERNIZATION
3/26/2009 Massachusetts Delegation Commends Treasury Department’s Action on Mutual Banks and Savings Associations
3/26/2009 Miller, Watt and Frank Introduce National Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Bill
3/26/2009 Financial Services Committee Passes Grayson-Himes Legislation to Tie Pay to Performance for TARP Recipients
3/23/2009 Newburyport Daily News Corrects the Record
3/20/2009 Frank Calls on Lockhart to Cancel Fannie and Freddie Bonuses
3/20/2009 Financial Services Committee to Consider Legislation to Prohibit Bonus Payments
3/18/2009 AIG Employee Contracts
3/17/2009 Chairman Frank Press Availability
3/17/2009 Frank Asks TARP Recipients for Bonus Information
3/12/2009 Frank Seeks Antidote to Republican Amnesia
3/12/2009 Federal Reserve States CRA Played No Part in Foreclosure Crisis Financial Institutions Chairman Brings Republican Myth to Light
3/6/2009 Transcript of Chairman Frank's March 5th Press Conference
3/5/2009 Frank to Continue Financial Reform Agenda

February 2009
2/24/2009 Financial Services Democrats Call on Northern Trust to Repay TARP Funds
2/24/2009 Reps. Frank and Levin Release Letter to President Obama on Japan Currency
2/23/2009 Judiciary and Financial Services Committee Joint Housing Bill Introduced in the House
2/18/2009 Statement of Congressman Barney Frank on the President’s Foreclosure Reduction Plan
2/13/2009 Housing Provisions in H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
2/13/2009 Frank Releases JP Morgan Chase Letter Announcing Three-Week Foreclosure Moratorium
2/10/2009 Statement of Chairman Barney Frank
2/6/2009 Frank Statement on Job Numbers
2/3/2009 Chairman Frank Holds News Conference to Discuss the Committee Agenda and Priorities for the Coming Year

January 2009
1/27/2009 Frank Praises Treasury TARP Inspector General
1/22/2009 Frank Announces Financial Services Committee Democratic Membership for the 111th Congress
1/12/2009 Frank Statement on TARP Funds
1/9/2009 Frank Introduces TARP Reform and Accountability Legislation
1/9/2009 Frank Statement on Job Numbers
       

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