Politics

Financial Services Oversight Hearing on the Implementation of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act

By Karina

This morning, the Financial Services Committee is holding a hearing on the “Oversight of Implementation of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 and of Government Lending and Insurance Facilities; Impact on Economy and Credit Availability.”

Read prepared testimony:

Panel 1

The Honorable Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury

The Honorable Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

The Honorable Sheila C. Bair, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 
 

Panel 2

The Honorable Steve Bartlett, President and Chief Executive Officer, Financial Services Roundtable

Mr. Edward L. Yingling, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Bankers Association

Ms. Cynthia Blankenship, Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, Bank of the West on behalf of The Independent Community Bankers of America

The Honorable D. Cameron Findlay, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Aon Corporation on behalf of The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers

Panel 3

Dr. Alan S. Blinder, Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the Center for Economic Policy Studies, Princeton University

Dr. Martin S. Feldstein, George F. Baker Professor of Economics, Harvard University and President Emeritus, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

Watch the hearing live>>

Full post as published by The Gavel on November 18, 2008 (boomark / email).