Jeb Hensarling, House Financial Services Committee Chairman,said Wednesday that he will hold a hearing to discuss the Financial Choice Act, his bill to replaceDodd-Frank, on April 26.
|The Financial Services Committee approved theFinancial Creating Hope and Opportunity for Investors, Consumersand Entrepreneurs (CHOICE) Act in September.
|The Committee plans to discuss the updated version ofthe bill, dubbed Financial Choice Act 2.0, at the April 26hearing.
|“Republicans are eager to work with the President to end andreplace the Dodd-Frank mistake with the Financial CHOICE Actbecause it holds Wall Street and Washington accountable, endstaxpayer-funded bank bailouts, and unleashes America's economicpotential,” Hensarling, R-Texas, said in a statement announcing thehearing. “We want economic opportunity for all, bailouts fornone. We want real consumer protections that will give youmore choices. Our solution grows the economy from Main Streetup, creates more opportunities for working families to get ahead,and levels the playing field with no more Wall Streetbailouts.”
|Hensarling announced on April 12 his plan toreintroduce his Choice Act in a matter of weeks, stating in acomment provided by a spokesperson that he looks forward to“working with the president and his administration to eliminateDodd-Frank and replace it” with the Choice Act 2.0.
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Melanie is senior editor and Washington bureau chief of ThinkAdvisor. Her ThinkAdvisor coverage zeros in on how politics, policy, legislation and regulations affect the investment advisory space. Melanie’s coverage has been cited in various lawmakers’ reports, letters and bills, and in the Labor Department’s fiduciary rule in 2023. In 2019, Melanie received an Honorable Mention, Range of Work by a Single Author award from @Folio. Melanie joined Investment Advisor magazine as New York bureau chief in 2000. She has been a columnist since 2002. She started her career in Washington in 1994, covering financial issues at American Banker. Since 1997, Melanie has been covering investment-related issues, holding senior editorial positions at American Banker publications in both Washington and New York. Briefly, she was content chief for Internet Capital Group’s EFinancialWorld in New York and wrote freelance articles for Institutional Investor. Melanie holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Towson University. She interned at The Baltimore Sun and its suburban edition.
