House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) today released the following statement in light of reports that President-elect Obama will ask President Bush to request the second $350 billion of TARP funds:             “I agree that the money should be made available under the appropriate conditions.  We… Read more »

  House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) today introduced H.R. 384, the TARP Reform and Accountability Act to amend the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) provisions of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA). The legislation will strengthen accountability,… Read more »

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) released the following statement regarding today’s job:             “Today’s disastrous job numbers confirm the complete inadequacy of the conservative approach to maintaining prosperity in this country.  What we are seeing is an increasing downward… Read more »