{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://huizenga.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=359974", "Washington Times Highlights Bipartisan Support In Efforts To Reform Dodd-Frank", "2013-10-31", "2013", "2013-10", "Republican", "House", "MI", "Bill Huizenga", "H001058", "huizenga.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Reforming the reform  \r\nA rollback of Dodd-Frank is overdue, and very difficult  \r\nThe Washington Times - Editorial - October 31, 2013The Republican plan takes aim at the most outrageous and indefensible policies concealed within the 850 pages of the legislation, which was written in the dark. With 14,000 pages of implementing regulations, the law has created a nightmare for businesses that have to make plans based on what it all means. The result has been a universal feeling of uncertainty about the future, according to the Business Roundtable\u2019s regular surveys of chief executives. Uncertain executives are cautious, holding back on hiring and investment, which has kept the economy stalled. Instead of holding big banks accountable for the financial meltdown, Dodd-Frank is an excuse to expand government and strengthen Washington\u2019s grip on the private sector. The newly created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, for example, gives jobs to a thousand cronies and wastes half-a-billion dollars duplicating the efforts of the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.  \r\n... Earlier this year, the House voted 321 to 62 to repeal a new administration rule imposing \u201cterm limits\u201d for outside auditors of a company\u2019s financial statements. The rule isn\u2019t part of Dodd-Frank, but it shares the theme of empowering bureaucrats to damage the private sector. Other measures have cleared the House Financial Services Committee and await a floor vote. Rep. Bill Huizenga of Michigan is going after Dodd-Frank\u2019s mandate that companies compute the average employee\u2019s salary for comparison to what the CEO makes. It\u2019s the sort of gimmick dreamed up by someone with no idea of the effort involved to create a statistic that is only useful to class-warfare warriors attacking capitalism. Rep. Robert Hurt of Virginia wants to exempt private equity and growth capital funds from Dodd-Frank\u2019s registration requirements. These funds had nothing to do with the financial crisis, so imposing a layer of red tape on them increases costs without providing any benefit in market stability. Despite the broad, cross-party support for most of these pending proposals, it\u2019s not clear whether they\u2019ll be able to get past Harry Reid and the Senate. ...\u00a0 Read the rest of the piece over at the Washington Times' website HERE", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://huizenga.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=359974"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3203660491853952, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}