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Incoming chairman of the House Financial Services Committee
“We are committed to going title by title through the 2,300-page Dodd-Frank Act to correct, replace or repeal the job-killing provisions that unnecessarily punish small businesses and community banks that did nothing to cause the financial crisis,” Mr. Bachus, R-Ala., said in a statement after House Republicans chose him to head the committee.
Previous positions
• State senator
• State representative
• Owner of a lumber company
• Attorney
• Alabama Republican Party chairman