On Wednesday, October 22, the Committee will hold a field hearing in San Francisco, California to further examine how the current financial crisis is impacting Americans’ retirement security, including pension funds and workers’ directed retirement accounts like 401(k) plans. The Committee held a hearing on this topic on October 7 as part of a series of hearings House Democrats are conducting to look at the causes of the financial crisis and appropriate responses to it."The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Workers’ Retirement Security"
Scheduled on at 9:30 a.m. Pacific Time on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 in the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Legislative Chamber, Room 250, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA. Chairman George Miller will lead the hearing.
Witnesses:
Shlomo Benartzi, Ph.D.
Professor
UCLA Anderson School of Management
Los Angeles, CA
Mark Davis
Partner
Kravitz Davis Sansone
Encino, CA
Jacob S. Hacker, Ph.D.
Professor
University of California at Berkeley
Additional witnesses to be announced.
