By Brady DennisFriday, October 29, 2010; 10:21 AMRepublicans made little secret of how much they loathed the far-reaching financial overhaul bill that squeaked through Congress this past summer.Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), the ranking Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, said...

National Journal: A Return to Regular OrderMinority Leader John Boehner, in an e-mail exchange with National Journal, talks about how he will run the House if Republicans take the majority.by Major GarrettMonday, October 25, 2010 | 06:02:13 PMNJ About three...

This article originally appeared in the November 2010 issue of Reason Magazine.Nightmare on Every Street By Alex J. Pollock  |  Reason MagazineFriday, October 15, 2010Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are broke. The two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) that togetherfinance more than...

By: Jake ShermanOctober 12, 2010 04:34 AM EDTAn all-out assault on government-sponsored loan enterprises, increased oversight of regulatory agencies and retooling the Wall Street regulatory overhaul are on tap if the Republicans retake the House.GOP lawmakers — looking forward cautiously...

By: John MaggsOctober 12, 2010 04:50 AM EDTThe Obama administration has been touting the government’s recuperation of billions of dollars in TARP money, but the big-bank rescue program still hasn’t accomplished one of its main goals: spurring lending to fuel...

U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling, the four-term Texas Republican, hopes it is true that, as has been said, Americans invariably do the right thing after exhausting all the alternatives. Regarding the fiscal imbalance that is driving the national debt toward 90...

Keeping their mid-term campaign promise would require deep cuts in discretionary spending. Republicans have refused to specify major targetsBy By Patrick O'ConnorBusiness Week updated 10/4/2010 8:00:00 PM ET[Bloomberg] -- U.S. House Republicans' pledge to cut $100 billion from the federal budget...

October 2, 2010 -- 5:00 a.m. EDTThe man who would be the next House majority leader talks about the GOP agenda and working with Obama.By STEVE MOORE'Look, we know we screwed up when we were in the majority. We fell...

Rumors Of TARP's Death Are ExaggeratedBy REP. JEB HENSARLING October 1, 2010 Posted 06:08 PM ET  http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/549116/201010011808/Rumors-Of-TARPs-Death-Are-Exaggerated.htm  The Department of the Treasury has been waging a charm offensive on behalf of America's most memorable bailout mechanism — the Troubled Asset Relief...

Sept. 30, 2010By Steven T. DennisRoll Call StaffHouse Republicans anticipating a GOP takeover in November are wrestling behind the scenes with how far to push their “Pledge to America” next year, with some wanting to push a bolder, broader and...

DALLAS- Freedom is not free – it comes at incredible cost. Throughout our nation’s history, whenever our country is attacked or when enemies of freedom threaten peace in our world, American men and women in uniform answer the call to...

“Fiscal Hawk” Earns Third-highest Score in Entire HouseWASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jeb Hensarling (TX-05) today announced he has received the National Taxpayers Union “Taxpayers’ Friend Award” and an “A” rating from the nation’s oldest taxpayer watchdog group.  Hensarling’s 95% score...

“…the deficit is merely a symptom; the disease is out of control federal spending.”Congressman Jeb Hensarling (TX-05), the second ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee and a member of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, released the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Jeb Hensarling, the second ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee and the co-author of H.J. Res 79, the Spending Limit Amendment to the Constitution, issued the following statement on Republican Whip Eric Cantor’s op-ed on...

“I’ve talked to Fortune 50 CEO’s in Dallas and Main Street small business owners in Mineola, TX, and they’ve all told me that policies created in Washington, such as failure to deal with the impending tax increases at the end...

“…never underestimate the creativity of the elected official to get around statutes that they have helped write…”Congressman Jeb Hensarling (TX-05) is the author of H.R. 3964, the Spending, Deficit, and Debt Control Act to reform Washington’s broken spending process; an...

To View Congressman Jeb Hensarling’s Statement on YouTubeClick the Linkhttp://www.youtube.com/user/RepJebHensarling#p/u/0/6y9Xt4bjspgCongressman Jeb Hensarling is the second ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee, the top Republican on the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, and a member...

“no tax increases on nobody” Hensarling Remarks:“Where are the jobs?  The Democrats have tried to spend their way into more jobs with the stimulus.  Three million of our fellow Americans have lost their jobs.  Unemployment hovers around 10%.  The Democrats have...

To View Congressman Jeb Hensarling’s Comments at Today’s HearingGo to YouTubehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMyRERyAhcMCongressman Jeb Hensarling (TX-05) is the top Republican on the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.  A former member of the Congressional Oversight Panel (Panel) for...

“We will be living with the consequences of this ill-advised program years after it has ended.” WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), a former member of the Congressional Oversight Panel (COP) for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and the...

This week I have been in Texas and in Washington where I have had a number of opportunities to talk to people about the economy, and one of the subjects that came up most often is QE 2.No, we are...

This week I had several opportunities to talk about the work I’ve been doing on the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.Many media pundits have begun to speculate about the Commission’s final report and what it will recommend.  When...

As I have been travelling around Texas this week talking to people about jobs and the economy, everywhere I go folks are asking, number one, “where are the jobs?” and number two, “why all the debt?”For the first time in...

This week I have been out talking to people around Texas and what I’ve been hearing over and over again is “when is Washington going to stop spending?”The short answer is, “when we get a new attitude and new leadership...

This week I was in Henderson County participating in the Barefoot Economic Summit.  If I wasn't depressed before I got there I certainly was somewhat depressed by the time I left.What I heard from Summit participants was the same thing...

This week in Washington I continued my fight to protect our children and grandchildren from the sea of red ink engulfing the federal budget by participating in another meeting of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.A number of...

This week in Washington I was honored to be one of 13 members of the House GOP Conference asked to participate in the Pledge to America announcement.My part in the program was to speak on the second part of the...

To View Congressman Jeb Hensarling’s Opening Statement on YouTubeClick the LinkHensarling statement as deliveredhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiSsO5iV_Jo Congressman Jeb Hensarling is the top Republican on the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, and a member of the National Commission on...

This week in Washington I asked one simple question that millions of Americans ask every day: “Where are the jobs?”The Democrats in Washington have tried to spend their way into more jobs with the stimulus.  Three million of our fellow...

This week I met with job creators to get their ideas on how to get more Americans, and particularly more East Texans, working.  What I heard from them was that it is the uncertainty caused by President Obama’s economic policies...