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July 2009 Hearings    « June 2009     August 2009 »   Full List  
Jul 7 at 09:30 AM Public Transportation: A Core Climate Solution
The witnesses will be: Mr. Michael A. Replogle, Global Policy Director, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, and Policy and Strategy Consultant, Environmental Defense Fund; Mr. Clint Andrews, Professor and Director, Urban Planning and Policy Development Program in the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University; The Honorable Christopher Cabaldon, Mayor of West Sacramento, California, and Board Member, Sacramento Area Council of Governments; Mr. Ernest Tollerson, Director of Policy and Media Relations, The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, State of New York; and Mr. Randal O’Toole, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute.
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Jul 8 at 02:00 PM The Effects of the Economic Crisis on Community Banks and Credit Unions in Rural Communities
The witnesses will be Mr. Jack Hopkins, President and Chief Executive Officer of CorTrust Bank National Association, Sioux Falls, SD on behalf of the Independent Community Bankers of America; Mr. Frank Michael, President and CEO of Allied Credit Union, Stockton, CA on behalf of the Credit Union National Association; Mr. Arthur Johnson, Chairman and CEO of United Bank of Michigan, Grand Rapids, MI on behalf of the American Bankers Association; Mr. Ed Templeton, President and Chief Executive Officer of SRP Federal Credit Union, North Augusta, SC on behalf of the National Association of Federal Credit Unions; and Mr. Peter Skillern, Executive Director of the Community Reinvestment Association of North Carolina.
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Jul 14 at 09:00 AM Creating a Consumer Financial Protection Agency: A Cornerstone of America’s New Economic Foundation
The witness on Panel I will be: The Honorable Michael S. Barr, Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions, U.S. Department of the Treasury. The witnesses on Panel II will be: The Honorable Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General, State of Connecticut; Mr. Edward Yingling, President & CEO, American Bankers Association; Mr. Travis Plunkett, Legislative Director, Consumer Federation of America; and Mr. Sendhil Mullainathan, Professor of Economics, Harvard University; Mr. Peter J. Wallison, Arthur F. Burns Fellow in Financial Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute; and Mr. Sendhil Mullainathan, Professor of Economics, Harvard University.
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Jul 15 at 02:30 PM Regulating Hedge Funds and Other Private Investment Pools
The witness on Panel I will be: Mr. Andrew J. Donohue, Director of the Division of Investment Management, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The witnesses on Panel II will be: Mr. Dinakar Singh, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, TPG Axon Capital; Mr. James S. Chanos, Chairman, Coalition of Private Investment Companies; Mr. Trevor R. Loy, General Partner, Flywheel Ventures; Mr. Mark B. Tresnowski, Managing Director and General Counsel, Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC; Mr. Richard Bookstaber, Financial Author; and Mr. Joseph Dear, Chief Investment Officer, California Public Employees’ Retirement System.
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Jul 16 at 09:30 AM Preserving Homeownership: Progress Needed to Prevent Foreclosures
The witnesses on Panel I will be: The Honorable Herbert M. Allison, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability, U.S. Treasury; and The Honorable William Apgar, Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Mortgage Finance, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The witnesses on Panel II will be: Ms. Joan Carty, President and CEO of the Housing Development Fund in Bridgeport, CT; Ms. Mary Coffin, Head of Mortgage Servicing, Wells Fargo; Mr. Allen Jones, Default Management Executive, Bank of America Home Loans; Ms. Diane E. Thompson, Of Counsel, National Consumer Law Center; Mr. Curtis Glovier, Managing Director, Fortress Investment Group; Mr. Paul S. Willen, Senior Economist and Policy Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston; and Mr. Thomas Perretta, Consumer, State of Connecticut.
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Jul 17 at 10:00 AM The U.S. as Global Competitor: What are the Elements of a National Manufacturing Strategy?
The witnesses will be: Mr. Mark Zandi, Chief Economist, Moody’s Economy.com; Mr. Leo Hindery, Jr., Managing Partner, InterMedia Partners; and Mr. Scott Paul, Executive Director, Alliance for American Manufacturing.
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Jul 22 at 10:00 AM The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress
The witness will be: The Honorable Ben Bernanke, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
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Jul 22 at 03:00 PM Nomination Hearing
The Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct a hearing on the following nomination: Ms. Deborah Matz, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of the National Credit Union Administration.
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Jul 23 at 09:30 AM Executive Session to Mark-up and vote on "The Public Transportation Extension Act of 2009"


Jul 23 at 09:30 AM Establishing a Framework for Systemic Risk Regulation
The witnesses on Panel I will be: The Honorable Sheila Bair, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; The Honorable Mary Schapiro, Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; and The Honorable Daniel Tarullo, Member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The witnesses on Panel II will be: Ms. Alice Rivlin, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Brookings Institution; Mr. Allan Meltzer, The Allan Meltzer University Professor of Political Economy, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University; Mr. Vincent Reinhart, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute; and Mr. Paul Schott Stevens, President and CEO, Investment Company Institute.
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Jul 28 at 09:30 AM Executive Session to Vote on a Nominee
The Committee will meet in EXECUTIVE SESSION to vote on the nomination of Ms. Deborah Matz, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of the National Credit Union Administration.

Jul 28 at 09:30 AM Regulatory Modernization: Perspectives on Insurance
The witnesses will be: Mr. Travis Plunkett, Legislative Director, Consumer Federation of America; Mr. Baird Webel, Specialist in Financial Economics, Congressional Research Service; Professor Hal Scott, Nomura Professor of International Financial Systems, Harvard Law School; and Professor Martin Grace, James S. Kemper Professor of Risk Management, Department of Risk Management and Insurance, Georgia State University.
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Jul 29 at 02:30 PM Protecting Shareholders and Enhancing Public Confidence by Improving Corporate Governance
The witnesses will be: Ms. Meredith B. Cross, Director of the Division of Corporation Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Professor John C. Coates IV, John F. Cogan, Jr. Professor of Law and Economics, Harvard Law School; Ms. Ann Yerger, Executive Director, Council of Institutional Investors; Mr. John J. Castellani, President, Business Roundtable; Professor J.W. Verret, Assistant Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law; and Mr. Richard C. Ferlauto, Director of Corporate Governance and Pension Investment, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees.
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Jul 30 at 10:00 AM Minimizing Potential Threats from Iran: Assessing Economic Sanctions and Other US Policy Options
The witness on Panel I will be: The Honorable Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), United States Senator. The witnesses on Panel II will be: Ambassador Nicholas Burns, Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Dr. Matthew Levitt, Director, Stein Center on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Dr. Suzanne Maloney, Senior Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings; and Ms. Danielle Pletka, Vice President, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute.
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