Today, Congressman Rouzer voted in support of H.R. 10, the Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 to end taxpayer-funded bailouts, reduce the size of the government, repeal the most onerous components of Dodd-Frank and cut the deficit by $24 billion over the next 10 years.
“For far too long, consumers and small businesses have been forced to comply with costly and burdensome regulations stemming from the Dodd-Frank Act. Under a unified Republican government, Congress is working to reverse the mentality of ‘government knows best’ with policies that will jumpstart our economy, provide much-needed regulatory relief for small, community banks and create more opportunities for consumers, investors and entrepreneurs.”
H.R. 10 will:
Repeal Dodd-Frank’s authority to conduct taxpayer funded bailouts;
Hold Wall Street accountable by imposing enhanced penalties for Wall Street fraud and self-dealing;
Increase the maximum criminal fines for individuals and firms that engage in insider trading and other corrupt practices;
Reclaim power from the administrative state and give it back to the people and their representatives by subjecting regulators to Congressional appropriations;
Require financial regulators to conduct a detailed cost-benefit analysis of all proposed and final regulations;
Demand greater accountability and transparency from the Federal Reserve;
Restructure the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) by subjecting the agency to Congressional oversight and the normal Congressional appropriations process;
Remove Dodd-Frank’s one size fits all regulatory approach; and,
Repeal the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule which imposes new costs and limits choices for American investors and retirees.
