Financial Services Hearing on Assisting the American Automobile Industry
November 19th, 2008 by KarinaToday, the House Financial Services Committee is holding a legislative hearing on extending the Department of Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to the U.S. auto industry. The draft legislation will extend the recently passed TARP program to help the financial stability of the American car industry.
Witness List & Prepared Testimony:
Panel 1
Members of Congress
Panel 2
Mr. G. Richard Wagoner, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, General Motors Corporation
Mr. Robert Nardelli, Chief Executive Officer, Chrysler, LLC.
Mr. Alan Mulally, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ford Motor Company
Mr. Ron Gettelfinger, President, United Auto Workers
Panel 3
Mrs. Annette Sykora, Chairman, National Automobile Dealers Association
Mr. James S. McElya, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Cooper-Standard Automotive, Inc.
Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development and Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University
Dr. Matthew J. Slaughter, Professor of International Economics, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College