Chairwoman Waters Announces January Committee Schedule

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, announced several Committee hearings for the month of January:

• January 14 at 10:00 AM – The full Committee will convene for a hearing entitled, “On the Brink of Homelessness: How the Affordable Housing Crisis and the Gentrification of America Is Leaving Families Vulnerable.”
  
• January 14 at 2:00 PM – The Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions will convene for a hearing entitled, “The Community Reinvestment Act: Reviewing Who Wins and Who Loses with Comptroller Otting’s Proposal.”
  
• January 15 at 10:00 AM – The Subcommittee on National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy will convene for a hearing entitled, “A Persistent and Evolving Threat: An Examination of the Financing of Domestic Terrorism and Extremism.”
  
• January 15 at 2:00 PM – The Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship and Capital Markets will convene for a hearing entitled, “Overseeing the Standard Setters: An Examination of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.”
  
• January 29 at 10:00 AM – The full Committee will convene for a hearing entitled, “The Community Reinvestment Act: Is the OCC Undermining the Law’s Purpose and Intent?”
  
• January 30 at 10:00 AM – The full Committee will convene for a hearing entitled, “Rent-A-Bank Schemes and New Debt Traps: Assessing Efforts to Evade State Consumer Protections and Interest Rate Caps.”
  
• January 30 at 2:00 PM – The Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance will convene for a hearing entitled, “Examining the Availability of Insurance for Nonprofits.”
  
• January 31 at 9:30 AM – The Task Force on Financial Technology will convene for a hearing entitled, “Is Cash Still King? Reviewing the Rise of Mobile Payments.”