29 Facts About Jeb Hensarling

Thomas Jeb Hensarling was born on May 29,1957 and is an American politician who served as the US representative for Texas's 5th congressional district from 2003 to 2019.

Jeb Hensarling has close ties to Wall Street, having received campaign donations from every major Wall Street bank as well as various payday lenders.

On October 31,2017, Jeb Hensarling announced that he would not seek reelection in 2018.

Jeb Hensarling was born in Stephenville, the seat of government of Erath County in Central Texas; he was reared on the family farm in College Station.

Jeb Hensarling has one brother, James Andrew Hensarling was born on 1954 and now deceased, and a sister, Carolyn Hensarling Arizpe.

Jeb Hensarling next served as a vice president at two companies before becoming owner of San Jacinto Ventures in 1996 and CEO of Family Support Assurance Corporation in 2001.

Jeb Hensarling served as vice president of Green Mountain Energy from 1999 to 2001.

Jeb Hensarling was elected to his first term in 2002, defeating Democratic opponent Ron Chapman with 58 percent of the vote.

Jeb Hensarling was reelected in 2004 with 64 percent of the vote over Democratic challenger Bill Bernstein.

Jeb Hensarling was elected chairman of the Republican Study Committee following the 2006 congressional elections, defeating Todd Tiahrt.

From 2011 to 2013, Jeb Hensarling was chairman of the House Republican Conference.

Jeb Hensarling served on the Congressional Oversight Panel of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.

Jeb Hensarling was co-chair of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.

Later Jeb Hensarling became one of the earliest and most vocal critics of the Trump administration's trade policies.

Jeb Hensarling shepherded over 80 bills into law during his three terms as chairmen.

Jeb Hensarling's committee passed the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 which provided major reforms to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, the government agency responsible for reviewing pending foreign investment for national security implications.

Jeb Hensarling served on the House Committee on the Budget and chaired the House Committee on Financial Services.

Jeb Hensarling was co-author of a constitutional amendment that would prohibit federal spending from growing faster than the economy.

Jeb Hensarling campaigned for Congress to enact a one-year moratorium on all Congressional earmarks, saying that the process needs to be overhauled.

In January 2008, Jeb Hensarling was co-author of the Economic Growth Act of 2008.

In May 2008, Jeb Hensarling campaigned for the Republican party leadership in the House to agree to a special session to give lawmakers to air their views on a new policy platform and share ideas on how to define themselves to better advantage going into the 2008 election.

On January 29,2010, during President Barack Obama's meeting with House Republicans, Jeb Hensarling challenged Obama's position on the budget, asserting that the Obama White House was increasing the national deficit at the same rate per month that the previous President had increased it per year.

In September 2008, Jeb Hensarling led House Republican efforts to oppose Secretary Henry Paulson and Chairman Ben Bernanke's $700 billion financial bailout, and urged caution before Congress rushed to approve the plan.

On November 19,2008, Jeb Hensarling was appointed by United States House of Representatives Minority Leader John Boehner to serve on the five-member Congressional Oversight Panel created to oversee the implementation of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act.

Jeb Hensarling was the lone dissenting member on the "Accountability for the Troubled Asset Relief Program" report issued by the panel on January 9,2009.

In 2008, Jeb Hensarling was mentioned as a possible candidate for Republican Conference Chairman, then the number three position in the House Republican leadership.

However, Jeb Hensarling instead endorsed former Republican Study Committee Chairman Mike Pence, a longtime friend and ally.

Jeb Hensarling succeeded Pence as Conference Chairman, becoming the fourth-ranking Republican, as the Republican Party had won control of the House of Representatives in 2010.

Jeb Hensarling stepped down from leadership after the 2012 elections to become Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.