U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH) recently called on Congress to re-authorize the Export-Import Bank, commonly called the Ex-Im Bank, which provides loans to help foreign companies buy U.S. goods when commercial lending is not available. Read more

House Republicans will use the upcoming appropriations process to propose changes to financial regulations, Rep. Steve Stivers (Ohio), a member of the whip team, says. Read more

One local family is taking their story to Capitol Hill to deliver an important message to their members of Congress. Nationwide Children’s Hospital patient, Jack Baker, 2 and his family will join nearly 50 other pediatric patients and their families to meet with members of Congress and share their personal health experiences as part of the 2015 Children’s Hospital Association’s Family Advocacy Day, taking place June 15-16 in Washington, D.C. Read more

Today, Rep. Dave Loebsack (D-IA) and Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH) introduced the Homeless Children and Youth Act, which provides a more accurate system for the federal government to understand the problem of youth homelessness and help better serve this population. The Senate companion bill is sponsored by Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) and Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA). Read more

WASHINGTON — When the federal government last raised the gas tax in 1993, President Bill Clinton was in his first term, the TV show Cheers was in its last season and, in what may have become historic foreshadowing, the movie Groundhog Day was released. Read more

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan coalition of House members has introduced legislation that would require federal banking regulators to treat certain municipal securities held by large banks and other financial institutions as high-quality liquid assets. Read more

A new study confirms an alarming trend observed in hospitals across the US: an exponential rise of babies born with drug withdrawal — the youngest victims of our nation’s battle with the prescription drug epidemic. Read more

WASHINGTON — Rep. Steve Stivers, R-Ohio, has introduced a bill that would make it easier for mortgage loan officers at banks to jump ship and take a job with a nonbank lender. Read more

Representative Frank Guinta (R-N.H.) has drawn bipartisan support from 31 other fellow House legislators for a bill that would send the CFPB back to the drawing board to develop indirect lending regulation. Read more

Tomorrow, the SIFMA Foundation will participate in Financial Literacy Day on the Hill to showcase its efforts to provide financial education for young people of all backgrounds through innovative programs like the Capitol Hill Challenge, The Stock Market Game™, and InvestWrite®. The event will be held in conjunction with House Financial Literacy Caucus Co-Chairs Reps. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX) and Steve Stivers (R-OH) at noon in the Cannon Caucus Room on Capitol Hill. Read more