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The United States House Committee on Financial Services (or House Banking Committee) oversees the entire financial services industry, including the securities, insurance, banking, and housing industries. The Committee also oversees the work of the Federal Reserve, the United States Department of the Treasury
United States Department of the Treasury

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Us House Committee
The United States House Committee on Financial Services (or House Banking Committee) oversees the entire financial services industry, including the securities, insurance, banking, and housing industries. The Committee also oversees the work of the Federal Reserve, the United States Department of the Treasury
United States Department of the Treasury

The Department of the Treasury is an United States federal executive departments and the treasury of the United States Federal government of the United States....
, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and other financial services regulators. It is chaired by Barney Frank
Barney Frank

Barnett "Barney" Frank is an American politician in the United States House of Representatives representing since 1981. In 1982 he won his first full term and has been re-elected ever since by wide margins....
 (D
Democratic Party (United States)

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-MA
Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
) and the ranking Republican
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
 is Spencer Bachus
Spencer Bachus

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 (R-AL
Alabama

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).

History

The committee was once known as the Committee on Banking and Currency. The Banking and Currency Committee was created in 1865 to take over responsibilities previously handled by the Ways and Means Committee. It continued to function under this name until 1968, when it assumed the current name.

Members, 111th Congress
111th United States Congress

The One Hundred Eleventh United States Congress is the List of United States Congresses of the United States Congress, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

Majority Minority
  • Barney Frank
    Barney Frank

    Barnett "Barney" Frank is an American politician in the United States House of Representatives representing since 1981. In 1982 he won his first full term and has been re-elected ever since by wide margins....
    , Chairman, Massachusetts
  • Paul E. Kanjorski
    Paul E. Kanjorski

    Paul E. Kanjorski is an American Democratic Party politician from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, currently representing Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives....
    , Pennsylvania
  • Maxine Waters
    Maxine Waters

    Maxine Waters has served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1991, representing California's 35th congressional district ....
    , California
  • Carolyn B. Maloney
    Carolyn B. Maloney

    Carolyn Bosher Maloney is a New York Democratic Party serving in the United States House of Representatives for since 1993. This district, popularly known as the "silk stocking district", includes most of Manhattan's East Side; Astoria and Long Island City in Queens; and Roosevelt Island....
    , New York
  • Luis Gutierrez
    Luis Gutiérrez

    Luis Vicente Guti?rrez , United States politician, has been a Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives since 1992, representing ....
    , Illinois
  • Nydia Velázquez
    Nydia Velázquez

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    , New York
  • Mel Watt
    Mel Watt

    Melvin Luther Watt , United States politician, has been a United States Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing the ....
    , North Carolina
  • Gary Ackerman
    Gary Ackerman

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    , New York
  • Brad Sherman
    Brad Sherman

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    , California
  • Gregory W. Meeks
    Gregory W. Meeks

    Gregory Weldon Meeks , United States politician, has been a liberal Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives since 1998, representing New York's 6th congressional district, which includes most of Southeastern Queens including Jamaica, New York, Laurelton, Queens, Rosedale, Queens, Saint Albans, New York, Springfi...
    , New York
  • Dennis Moore
    Dennis Moore

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    , Kansas
  • Michael Capuano, Massachusetts
  • Ruben Hinojosa
    Rubén Hinojosa

    Rub?n E. Hinojosa , United States politician, has been the Democratic Party representative for the Texas Texas's 15th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 1997....
    , Texas
  • William Clay, Jr.
    William Lacy Clay, Jr.

    William Lacy Clay, Jr., sometimes known as Lacy Clay and Wm. Lacy Clay , United States politician, was elected as United States Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives in 2000 to represent ....
    , Missouri
  • Carolyn McCarthy
    Carolyn McCarthy

    Carolyn McCarthy is an United States politician and has been a Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives, representing New York's 4th congressional district, since 1997....
    , New York
  • Joe Baca
    Joe Baca

    Jose Baca , an United States politician, has been a Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives since 1999, representing California's 43rd congressional district ....
    , California
  • Stephen Lynch
    Stephen Lynch (politician)

    Stephen F. Lynch , United States politician, has been a United States Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives since he was elected to replace the late Congressman Joe Moakley, who died in office in 2001....
    , Massachusetts
  • Brad Miller
    Brad Miller (congressman)

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    , North Carolina
  • David Scott
    David Scott (politician)

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    , Georgia
  • Al Green
    Al Green (politician)

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    , Texas
  • Emanuel Cleaver
    Emanuel Cleaver

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    , Missouri
  • Melissa Bean
    Melissa Bean

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    , Illinois
  • Gwen Moore
    Gwen Moore

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    , Wisconsin
  • Paul Hodes
    Paul Hodes

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    , New Hampshire
  • Keith Ellison
    Keith Ellison (politician)

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    , Minnesota
  • Ron Klein
    Ron Klein

    Ronald "Ron" Klein is an Politics of the United States from the U.S. state of Florida. Klein, a Democratic Party , served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1993 to 1996 and in the Florida Senate from 1996 till 2006, where he was the Senate minority leader....
    , Florida
  • Charlie Wilson
    Charlie Wilson (Ohio politician)

    Charles A. "Charlie" Wilson is a Democratic Party politician from the U.S State of Ohio. He currently serves in the United States House of Representatives....
    , Ohio
  • Ed Perlmutter
    Ed Perlmutter

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    , Colorado
  • Joe Donnelly
    Joe Donnelly

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    , Indiana
  • Bill Foster
    Bill Foster (Illinois politician)

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    , Illinois
  • André Carson
    André Carson

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    , Indiana
  • Jackie Speier
    Jackie Speier

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    , California
  • Travis Childers
    Travis Childers

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    , Mississippi
  • Walt Minnick
    Walt Minnick

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    , Idaho
  • John Adler
    John Adler

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    , New Jersey
  • Mary Jo Kilroy
    Mary Jo Kilroy

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    , Ohio
  • Steve Driehaus
    Steve Driehaus

    Steven L. "Steve" Driehaus is the Democratic Party U.S. House of Representatives for . The district includes the western four-fifths of Cincinnati, as well as suburbs north and west of the city in Hamilton County, Ohio and Butler County, Ohio counties....
    , Ohio
  • Suzanne Kosmas
    Suzanne Kosmas

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    , Florida
  • Alan Grayson
    Alan Grayson

    Alan Mark Grayson is the Democratic Party U.S. House of Representatives in . The district includes just over half of Orlando, Florida, as well as Celebration, Florida, Walt Disney World and part of Ocala....
    , Florida
  • Jim Himes
    Jim Himes

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    , Connecticut
  • Gary Peters
    Gary Peters

    Gary Charles Peters is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. The Chicago White Sox drafted Peters as an amateur free agent in after he graduated from Grove City College....
    , Michigan
  • Dan Maffei
    Dan Maffei

    Daniel B. "Dan" Maffei is an United States United States Democratic Party politician from DeWitt, New York, currently serving as the United States US House of Representatives for the New York's 25th congressional district....
    , New York
  • Spencer Bachus
    Spencer Bachus

    Spencer Thomas Bachus III , United States politician, has been a Republican Party member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing ....
    , Ranking Member, Alabama
  • Michael N. Castle
    Michael N. Castle

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    , Delaware
  • Peter T. King
    Peter T. King

    Peter T. King is a Republican Party politician from the U.S. state of New York, currently the United States House of Representatives for the state's New York's 3rd congressional district....
    , New York
  • Ed Royce
    Ed Royce

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    , California
  • Frank Lucas, Oklahoma
  • Ron Paul
    Ron Paul

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    , Texas
  • Steve LaTourette
    Steve LaTourette

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    , Ohio
  • Donald A. Manzullo
    Donald A. Manzullo

    Donald A. Manzullo , United States politician,has been a Republican Party member of theUnited States House of Representatives since 1993,representing ....
    , Illinois
  • Walter B. Jones
    Walter B. Jones

    Walter Beaman Jones, Jr. is an United States politician; a Republican Party , he currently represents North Carolina's North Carolina's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives....
    , North Carolina
  • Judy Biggert
    Judy Biggert

    Judith Borg "Judy" Biggert , United States politician,has been a Republican Party member of theUnited States House of Representatives since 1999,...
    , Illinois
  • Gary Miller
    Gary Miller

    Gary Gene Miller , United States politician, has been a United States Republican Party member of the United States House of Representatives since 1999, representing California's 42nd congressional district ....
    , California
  • Shelley Moore Capito
    Shelley Moore Capito

    Shelley Moore Capito is an United States politician. She has been a Republican Party member of the United States House of Representatives since 2001, representing the ....
    , West Virginia
  • Jeb Hensarling
    Jeb Hensarling

    Jeb Hensarling has been the Republican Party congressman representing Texas' Texas's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2003....
    , Texas
  • Scott Garrett
    Scott Garrett

    E. Scott Garrett is a member of the United States House of Representatives. He is a Republican Party and has represented New Jersey's New Jersey's 5th congressional district Congressional District seat since January 2003 ....
    , New Jersey
  • Ginny Brown-Waite
    Ginny Brown-Waite

    Virginia "Ginny" Brown-Waite , United States politician, has been a United States Republican Party member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, representing ....
    , Florida
  • J. Gresham Barrett
    J. Gresham Barrett

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    , South Carolina
  • Jim Gerlach
    Jim Gerlach

    James "Jim" Gerlach is a politician from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, currently representing the state's Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district in the U.S....
    , Pennsylvania
  • Randy Neugebauer
    Randy Neugebauer

    Randy Neugebauer is a politician from the U.S. state of Texas, currently representing the state's 19th United States House of Representatives district....
    , Texas
  • Tom Price, Georgia
  • Geoff Davis
    Geoff Davis

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    , Kentucky
  • Patrick T. McHenry
    Patrick T. McHenry

    Patrick Timothy McHenry is a Republican Party United States Representative from North Carolina, representing the state's North Carolina's 10th congressional district....
    , North Carolina
  • John Campbell, California
  • Adam Putnam
    Adam Putnam

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    , Florida
  • Michele Bachmann
    Michele Bachmann

    Michele Marie Bachmann is the Republican Party Representative of Minnesota's 6th congressional district. She is the third woman and first Republican woman to represent Minnesota in Congress....
    , Minnesota
  • Peter Roskam
    Peter Roskam

    Peter James Roskam , is a Republican Party member of the United States House of Representatives since 2007, succeeding 16-term Republican Henry Hyde....
    , Illinois
  • Kenny Marchant, Texas
  • Thaddeus McCotter, Michigan
  • Kevin McCarthy
    Kevin McCarthy (politician)

    Kevin McCarthy is a United States politician who is the United States House of Representatives for the California's 22nd congressional district of California....
    , California
  • Bill Posey
    Bill Posey

    William "Bill" Posey is the Representative for Florida's 15th congressional district. He was a former Republican Party member of the Florida Senate, having represented the 24th District from 2001 to 2009....
    , Florida
  • Lynn Jenkins
    Lynn Jenkins

    Lynn Jenkins is an Politics of the United States and Certified Public Accountant from the U.S. state of Kansas. A Republican Party , Jenkins is the Congresswoman from Kansas's 2nd congressional district and former Kansas State Treasurer....
    , Kansas
  • Christopher Lee, New York
  • Erik Paulsen
    Erik Paulsen

    Erik Paulsen is an United States of America politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Minnesota's 3rd congressional district....
    , Minnesota
  • Leonard Lance
    Leonard Lance

    Leonard Lance is an United States Republican Party politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing New Jersey's 7th congressional district where he succeeded the incumbent Mike Ferguson....
    , New Jersey


Sources: electing majority members to standing committees. electing minority members to standing committees.

Chairmen


Committee on Banking and Currency

  • 1920 – 1931 - Louis T. McFadden
    Louis Thomas McFadden

    Louis Thomas McFadden was a Republican Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
  • 1963 – 1975 - Wright Patman
    Wright Patman

    John William Wright Patman was a U.S. Congressman from Texas in Texas's 1st congressional district and chair of the United States House Committee on Banking and Currency....


Subcommittees

The Financial Services Committee operates with 6 subcommittees. This is an increase from 5 subcommittees in the 110th Congress
110th United States Congress

The One Hundred Tenth United States Congress was the List of United States Congresses of the United States Congress of the United States Federal government of the United States, between January 3, 2007, and January 3, 2009, during the last two years of the George W....
. The former Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology Subcommitee has been split into two subcommittees.

Subcommittee Chair Ranking Member
Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government-Sponsored Enterprises Paul Kanjorski (D-PA) Scott Garrett
Scott Garrett

E. Scott Garrett is a member of the United States House of Representatives. He is a Republican Party and has represented New Jersey's New Jersey's 5th congressional district Congressional District seat since January 2003 ....
 (R-NJ)
Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
United States House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit

The U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit is a subcommittee of the House Committee on Financial Services....
Luis Gutierrez
Luis Gutiérrez

Luis Vicente Guti?rrez , United States politician, has been a Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives since 1992, representing ....
 (D-IL)
Jeb Hensarling
Jeb Hensarling

Jeb Hensarling has been the Republican Party congressman representing Texas' Texas's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2003....
 (R-TX)
Housing and Community Opportunity
United States House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity

The U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity is a subcommittee of the House Committee on Financial Services....
Maxine Waters
Maxine Waters

Maxine Waters has served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1991, representing California's 35th congressional district ....
 (D-CA)
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito

Shelley Moore Capito is an United States politician. She has been a Republican Party member of the United States House of Representatives since 2001, representing the ....
 (R-WV)
Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology
United States House Financial Services Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology

The U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology is a subcommittee of the House Committee on Financial Services....
Mel Watt
Mel Watt

Melvin Luther Watt , United States politician, has been a United States Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing the ....
 (D-NC)
Ron Paul
Ron Paul

Ronald Ernest Paul is a Republican Party United States Congressman, who gained widespread attention during his campaign for the 2008 Republican Party presidential nomination....
 (R-TX)
International Monetary Policy and Trade
United States House Financial Services Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade

The United States House Financial Services Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade is a subcommittee of the House Committee on Financial Services....
Gregory Meeks (D-NY) Gary Miller
Gary Miller

Gary Gene Miller , United States politician, has been a United States Republican Party member of the United States House of Representatives since 1999, representing California's 42nd congressional district ....
 (R-CA)
Oversight and Investigations
United States House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

The U.S. House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations is a subcommittee of the House Committee on Financial Services....
Dennis Moore
Dennis Moore

Dennis Moore , is an United States politician, and a Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives since 1999, representing ....
 (D-KS)
Judy Biggert
Judy Biggert

Judith Borg "Judy" Biggert , United States politician,has been a Republican Party member of theUnited States House of Representatives since 1999,...
 (R-IL)


See also

  • United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
    United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

    The United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs has jurisdiction over matters related to: banks and banking, price controls, deposit insurance, export promotion and controls, federal monetary policy, financial aid to commerce and industry, issuance of redemption of notes, currency and coinage, public and private hous...


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