This week, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3), a member of the Financial Services Committee, sent a letter to Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Sandra Thompson expressing his disapproval of her recent actions regarding changes to credit-reporting requirements.
“As the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), I am sure you are aware that the mission of the… Read more »
Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) questioned financial experts during the Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy Subcommittee Hearing titled, “The Tangled Web of Global Governance: How the Biden Administration is Ceding Authority Over American Financial Regulation.”
The Basel III Endgame proposal places an excessive burden on banks, businesses, and individuals to meet… Read more »
This week, Congressmen Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3), Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions, and Bill Huizenga (MI-4), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, sent a letter to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken expressing concerns over sanctions relief that allows Iran to stockpile money and fund… Read more »
This week, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions, led by Chairman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03), held hearing entitled, “How America and Its Allies Can Stop Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran from Evading Sanctions and Financing Terror.”
Congressman Luetkemeyer questioned expert witnesses on terrorist attempts to… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer, Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions, delivered opening remarks at the subcommittee’s Hearing to Examine How America and Its Allies Can Stop Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran from Evading Sanctions and Financing Terror.
“As I said last week, we cannot blindly trust… Read more »
Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer, Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions, sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen regarding Iran’s use of ‘Special Drawing Rights’ (SDR) to access capital. The Congressman urges Sec. Yellen to instruct the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) membership that any efforts to… Read more »
This week, Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer led a series of efforts to prevent foreign adversaries from funding acts of terrorism.
As chair of the Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions, Rep. Luetkemeyer introduced the Iran Sanctions Accountability Act to implement responsible standards of due diligence and prevent Iran from skirting… Read more »
Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) discussed President Biden’s disastrous policies with small business owners and experts at the Small Business Committee’s “Burdensome Regulations: Examining the Effects of DOL Rulemaking on America’s Job Creators.”
Rep. Luetkemeyer: “This particular administration continues to weaponize ‘guidance.’ It just drives me up the wall from the… Read more »
Today, Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) released the following statement in response to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s opaque announcement that it will begin targeting banks for “junk fees.”
“My colleagues and I on the Financial Services Committee reviewed the CFPB’s strategy during a hearing in March of 2022. As a few of our expert witnesses pointed out, the term ‘junk fees’… Read more »
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) today released the following statement condemning the Hamas terrorist attack against U.S.-ally Israel.
"The vicious, unprovoked attack against Israeli civilians is sickening. We stand with our ally as they defend themselves in war against the Hamas terrorists,” Rep. Luetkemeyer said. “At a time when the president’s actions have created a worldwide… Read more »
