
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) has sent a letter to Secretary of Treasury Jack Lew asking for answers on the 2010 approval by the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS) of a controversial deal in which the Russian government gained control of 20 percent of America’s uranium deposits.
by Michael Patrick Leahy18 May 2015, 7:45 AM PST0

Tuesday’s subcommittee hearing on Operation Choke Point is likely to be just the beginning of even stronger efforts by members of Congress to call executive agencies to account for their ongoing abuses of power as part of Operation Choke Point. Whether Congress will choose to exercise its constitutional authority and fire out-of-control executive bureaucrats as a first step in reasserting its legitimate powers remains to be seen.
by Michael Patrick Leahy24 Mar 2015, 7:57 AM PST0

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau seems to be playing a much larger role in the Obama administration’s Operation Choke Point these days. But you wouldn’t know that from the gentle questioning of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on Capitol Hill.
by Michael Patrick Leahy6 Mar 2015, 5:11 AM PST0

Who’s holding the watchdogs accountable? The head of the CFPB shoots down a Congressmember’s question about his agency’s lavish spending. “Why does that matter to you?”
by Michael Patrick Leahy5 Mar 2015, 1:50 PM PST0