House Financial Services Chairman Hensarling announces retirement

House Financial Services Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) -- a key player on consumer data-breach issues -- has announced he will retire from Congress at the end of his current term next year.

"Today I am announcing that I will not seek reelection to the US Congress in 2018," Hensarling said in a statement. "Although service in Congress remains the greatest privilege of my life, I never intended to make it a lifetime commitment, and I have already stayed far longer...