What is United States House Committee on Financial Services?
{{United States House of Representatives}} The '''United States House Committee on Financial Services''', also called the '''House Banking Committee''', is the [[United States congressional committee|committee]] of the [[United States House of Representatives]] that oversees the entire [[financial services]] [[industry]], including the securities, [[insurance]], [[bank]]ing and housing industries. The Financial Services Committee also oversees the work of the [[Federal Reserve]], the [[United States Department of the Treasury]], the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] and other financial services regulators. ==History== The Banking and Currency Committee was created on December 11, 1865. It was supposed to take over responsibilities of the [[United States House Committee on Ways and Means|Ways and Means Committee]]. It continued to use this name until 1968, when it became the current name.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.archives.gov/legislative/guide/house/chapter-05.html |title=Chapter 5. Records of the Banking and Currency Committees |work=Guide to the Records of the U.S. House of Representatives at the National Archives, 1789–1989 (Record Group 233) |publisher=[[National Archives and Records Administration]] |access-date=26 November 2010}}</ref><ref>In at least the 96th Congress, the Committee title was Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/96th_United_States_Congress#Committees</ref> ==Members, 116th Congress== {| class=wikitable ! Majority ! Minority |- | {{party shading/Democratic}} valign=top | * [[Maxine Waters]], California, ''Chair'' * [[Carolyn B. Maloney]], New York * [[Nydia Velázquez]], New York * [[Brad Sherman]], California * [[Gregory Meeks]], New York * [[Lacy Clay]], Missouri * [[David Scott (Georgia politician)|David Scott]], Georgia * [[Al Green (politician)|Al Green]], Texas * [[Emanuel Cleaver]], Missouri * [[Ed Perlmutter]], Colorado * [[Jim Himes]], Connecticut * [[Bill Foster (Illinois politician)|Bill Foster]], Illinois * [[Joyce Beatty]], Ohio * [