Today, the House Financial Services Housing and Insurance Subcommittee Chairman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) held a hearing to examine the Rural Housing Service. Read more »

Today, the House Financial Services Housing and Insurance Subcommittee Chairman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) held a hearing to examine the cost and benefits of changes to the real estate settlement process, specifically the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure rule being finalized by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Read more »

U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) was presented with the “Legislator of the Year’ award by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) for his efforts in combating Operation Choke Point. Read more »

This year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) turns 50. And after 50 years, it couldn’t be said even more plainly that HUD, and many of the programs that fall under HUD’s jurisdiction, including but far from limited to the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), are broken. Read more »

The House of Representatives passed legislation sponsored by U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) that would save customers of banks and credit unions time and money by eliminating redundant mailings. Read more »

This week, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) reintroduced the Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act, which would more closely base the regulation of financial institutions on risk rather than arbitrary asset size. Read more »

The following is the first paragraph of a letter I received back in December: “I am an employee of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). I was proud of my job and the FDIC’s mission before Operation Choke Point. During the past two years, however, we have been told to examine banks much more harshly, if they deal with a class of customers prohibited by Choke Point.” The… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) released the following statement after Secretary Castro’s testimony at today’s Financial Services Committee hearing entitled “The Future of Housing in America: Oversight of the Federal Housing Administration”: Read more »

Following steps by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to implement components of legislation he introduced last Congress, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) reintroduced the Financial Institution Customer Protection Act to ensure the changes are codified into law and applied to all federal banking regulators. Read more »

This week, the House of Representatives focused on a topic that doesn’t make the headlines on a daily basis, but is a widespread problem that isn’t going away and needs to be mentioned more often. Read more »