Committee on Financial Services
As a senior member of the House Committee on Financial Services, Congressman Lynch helped craft the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which created new, robust consumer protections, ended government bailouts of the financial system, and imposed transparency and accountability requirements for the most complex, shadowy financial markets.
Congressman Lynch also served as Chairman of the Task Force on Financial Technology for the 116th and 117th Congress, where he held hearings to examine the impact of financial technologies on underserved communities, assess the accessibility of online banking services to underbanked populations, and to review industry progress in improving leadership and investment diversity.
In the 118th Congress, Congressman Lynch served as the lead Democrat on the Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Inclusion, influencing policy related to innovation in the financial sector and protecting American consumers against financial risks stemming from the rapid development of cryptocurrencies. Congressman Lynch also served as the lead Democrat on the Committee's bipartisan Working Group on Artificial Intelligence and has encouraged the development of responsible artificial intelligence technologies in the financial services sector that maximizes consumer privacy and minimizes financial risk and discrimination.
Congressman Lynch is proud to continue this work in the 119th Congress, where he serves as Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence, which is authorized to conduct oversight of cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and other digital assets, examine the accessibility of financial technology, and examine the growing role of artificial intelligence across the financial services and housing industries. Congressman Lynch is also a member of the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions.
For more information on Committee activity: House Committee on Financial Services.
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
A senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform since the 107th Congress, Congressman Lynch is committed to conducting robust, extensive, and regular oversight of the Executive Branch in order to enhance the operation and efficiency of federal programs and ensure against the waste and abuse of American taxpayer dollars.
Congressman Lynch served as Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security for the 116th and 117th Congress, and held a leading role in a variety of investigations that the full Committee pursued, which included issues related to Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election, U.S. military and reconstruction activities in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and other conflict areas, national security lapses in the federal security clearance process, the skyrocketing price of prescription drugs, potential violations of federal ethics rules and financial conflict of interest laws by Executive Branch officials, federal cybersecurity preparedness, and the effectiveness of federal efforts to improve veterans healthcare, education, and employment.
In the 119th Congress, Congressman Lynch serves as a member of the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency and the Subcommittee on the Military and Foreign Affairs.
For more information on Committee activity: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Caucus Membership
Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation
Congressional Addiction, Treatment & Recovery Caucus
Congressional Aerospace Caucus
Congressional Animal Protection Caucus
Congressional Blockchain Caucus
Congressional Brain Injury Task Force
Congressional Caucus on India & Indian Americans
Congressional Caucus on Parkinson's Disease
Congressional Community Health Center Caucus
Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus
Congressional Cystic Fibrosis Caucus
Congressional Friends of Ireland Caucus
Congressional Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Caucus
Congressional Labor Caucus (Vice-Chair)
Congressional Multiple Sclerosis Caucus
Congressional Navy & Marine Corps Caucus
Congressional Olympic & Paralympic Caucus
Congressional Organ & Tissue Donation Awareness Caucus
Congressional Pakistan Caucus
Congressional Ports Opportunity, Renewal, Trade & Security Caucus
Congressional Portuguese American Caucus
Congressional Quiet Skies Caucus (Co-Chair)
Congressional Rare Disease Caucus
Congressional Shipbuilding Caucus
Congressional Steel Caucus
Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease
Congressional Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)/Demining Caucus
Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus
House Hunger Caucus
House International Workers' Rights Caucus
House Trade Working Group
Public Broadcasting Caucus