Banks are get out of certain communities and countries and they are also denying services to millions of lower income americans, not because the risk is too high, but simply because the profit margin are not considered high enough. There have been serious consequences on vital Correspondent Bank relationships that are critical to bier flows also. Another Major Property in several communities here, including in a district like mine, is that banks are closing branches. In fact economists from the Federal Reserve bank of new york released a report entitled banking debit. Branches closing and soft information. Showing that u. S. Banks have shut nearly 5,000 branches since the financial crisis as a result. Residents of low income neighborhoods have become somewhat more likely to live in a banking desert. That is why i have called to revamp the Community Reinvest amount act in a letter mailed to banking regulators and cosigned by some of my colleagues. But chair yellen, its obvious that cr i
The committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess in the committee at any time. This hearing is entitled semiannual testimony on the Federal Reserve supervision and regulation of Financial System. I now recognize myself for three minutes to give an opening statement. As we all know the dodd frank act vastly increased the powers of the fed way beyond has traditional Monetary Policy responsibilities. The act has made the fed omnipotent but cannot make it omniscient. No act can. Through the exercise of socalled heightened prudential standards the fed can control the largest Financial Institutions in our economy. Former fed governor kevin warsh recently wrote Central Bank Power is permissible in a democracy only when its scope limited, its track record strong and accountable assured. None of that do we observe today. Where his feds omnipotents has taken us . The big banks are bigger, Economic Growth lags and theres scant evidence our economy i