Claim: The US DOJ’s initiative to investigate US banks’ businesses with other companies, specifically known as Operation Choke Point, was the focus of the hearing held by the House Financial Services Committee on April 2014 wherein four months after, a bill that limits the means of law enforcement to restrict access to banking system was introduced as an opposing response.
Evidence: Operation Choke Point was a 2013 initiative of the United States Department of Justice which investigated banks in the United States and the business they did with firearm dealers, payday lenders, and other companies believed to be at a high risk for fraud and money laundering. On April 8, 2014, the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing with the general counsels of the federal banking agencies regarding, among other things, Operation Choke Point. In August 2014, U.S. Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer introduced a bill that would limit law enforcement's ability to restrict access to the banking system as a response against Operation Choke Point.