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“This broad, bipartisan reform proposal reflects more than 18 months of solid work, and has been examined during a dozen public hearings by the Banking Committee. It’s a complicated bill that impacts 20% of our economy, and the continued government conservatorship of Fannie and Freddie is not a responsible option."
“This broad, bipartisan reform proposal reflects more than 18 months of solid work, and has been examined during a dozen public hearings by the Banking Committee. It’s a complicated bill that impacts 20% of our economy, and the continued government conservatorship of Fannie and Freddie is not a responsible option."
The 60-Plus Association came out today with another misleading and factually inaccurate ad targeting bipartisan housing finance reforms. This second ad is just as erroneous as the first, which the nonpartisan site FactCheck.org said stretched the truth to “absurd lengths” to attack the bipartisan Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act.
Senator Warner traveled across Virginia last week for events in Fredericksburg, Richmond, and Norfolk.
CNBC; Bipartisan Approach to Housing Reform
Mar 12 2014
Senator Warner joined CNBC earlier today to talk about the need for a bipartisan and commonsense approach to reforming our housing financial system.
Following massive security breaches that hit retailers like Target and Neiman Marcus, Senator Warner says the need has never been greater for data security legislation. The Senator chaired a Senate Banking subcommittee hearing yesterday on the recent credit and debit card security breaches impacting major retailers and millions of American consumers.
In a Senate Banking Committee Hearing today, Sen. Warner pressed SEC Chair Mary Jo White to introduce regulations for crowdfunding, a tool that allows entrepreneurs and small businesses to raise capital over the internet.
An op/ed in Monday's Boston Globe praises the housing finance reform proposal from Sen. Warner and Tennessee GOP Sen. Bob Corker as "bipartisan, substantive and bold -- three words not often found together in today’s Washington."
Senator Warner joined Northern Virginia faith and community leaders last night to announce an agreement with several leading banks to provide housing assistance in Prince William County – the hardest-hit Virginia locality during the housing foreclosure crisis.
Senator Warner joined Virginia Public Radio’s ‘Virginia Conversations’ for over an hour today, taking questions from host May-Lily Lee as well as listeners from across the Commonwealth in a remarkably open and wide-ranging interview. He addressed a broad spectrum of issues important to Virginians, including his bipartisan approach in Washington, the lingering effects of the financial crisis, and 21st century strategies for economic development.
