House Minority Leader John Boehner called the financial reform bill "ill-conceived."

VOA: special.2010.07.23

House Financial Services Committee chairman Democrat Congressman Barney Frank has taken a lead role in working with the administration on regulatory reform.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

Testifying before the House Financial Services Committee, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said this must change.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

The president is asking lawmakers to add these provisions to financial reform legislation that has passed the House of Representatives and is being considered in the Senate.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

Secretary Geithner told the House Financial Services Committee Thursday that it has become clear there is a need for better and tougher regulation in a complex and flawed financial system.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

Meanwhile,the House Financial Services Committee took a step to make it easier for U.S.state governments and individual investors to divest from Iran, removing the threat of lawsuits for those doing so.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Analyst Kerry Brown, of the London-based research group Chatham House, compared Britain's deficit to that of Greece, where financial problems have led to massive cuts in spending and deep social unrest.

VOA: standard.2010.05.13

The Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to vote Thursday on legislation identical to the House bill, and a separate provision also mirroring House action to encourage financial divestment from Iran by U.S.companies and pension funds.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

On the eve of the hearing in the House said of Representatives Financial Services Committee, condemnations of AIG and the bonuses were coming fast and furious, with the matter for the most part dominating news in Washington.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17