The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing to examine the outgoing committee chairman's bipartisan GSE reform bill, but lawmakers were already looking ahead.
The expected incoming chair of the House Financial Services Committee told the former acting CFPB chief that he will still be the target of congressional inquiry despite no longer leading the agency.
Former CFPB chief Mick Mulvaney had claimed the agency could not supervise firms for Military Lending Act compliance, but lawmakers want his successor to go in a different direction.
As Congress moves closer to its Dec. 21 deadline to keep the government funded, the outlook for more financial services regulatory relief continues to worsen.
Familiar recriminations and calls for legislation from lawmakers followed the massive hack of the Starwood hotel chain, but will Capitol Hill actually do anything?
Reps. Lacy Clay and Emanuel Cleaver, both from Missouri, have shown interest in running the panel that could be a focal point in efforts to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
