congressional_record: CREC-2008-11-19-pt1-PgD1281
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| CREC-2008-11-19-pt1-PgD1281 | 2008-11-19 | 110 | 2 | Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings | SENATE | DAILYDIGEST | DDSCMEETINGS | D1281 | D1282 | [{"congress": "110", "type": "S", "number": "2136"}, {"congress": "110", "type": "S", "number": "3690"}] | 154 Cong. Rec. D1281 | Congressional Record, Volume 154 Issue 176 (Wednesday, November 19, 2008) [Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 176 (Wednesday, November 19, 2008)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D1281-D1282] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) DOMESTIC AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: On Tuesday, November 18, Committee concluded a hearing to examine the state of the domestic automobile industry, after receiving testimony from Senator Stabenow; Ron Gettelfinger, International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW), and Rick Wagoner, General Motors Corporation, both of Detroit, Michigan; Alan R. Mulally, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan; Robert Nardelli, Chrysler LLC, Auburn Hills, Michigan; and Peter Morici, University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business, College Park. NOMINATION Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Neil M. Barofsky, of New York, to be Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program of the Department of the Treasury, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Dodd and Schumer, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. ECONOMIC STIMULUS Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the economic outlook and options for stimulus, after receiving testimony from Mark M. Zandi, Moody's Economy.com, West Chester, Pennsylvania; Simon Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management, Cambridge; and John B. Taylor, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California. HEALTH CARE REFORM Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine health care reform, focusing on the economic perspective, after receiving testimony from Ivan Seidenberg, Verizon, Inc., New York, New York, on behalf of the Business Roundtable; Andrew L. Stern, Service Employees International Union, Washington, D.C.; Uwe Reinhardt, Princeton University Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton, New Jersey; and Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts. [[Page D1282]] BANKRUPTCY LAW Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine helping families stay in their homes, focusing on the role of bankruptcy laws, including S. 2136, to address the treatment of primary mortgages in bankruptcy, and S. 3690, to help struggling families stay in their homes and to ensure that taxpayers are protected when the Secretary of the Treasury purchases equity shares in financial situations, after receiving testimony from Tom Dart, Cook County Sheriff's Office, Chicago, Illinois; Michael D. Calhoun, Center for Responsible Lending, Durham, North Carolina; Adam J. Levitin, Georgetown University Law Center, David G. Kittle, Mortgage Bankers Association, and Scott A. Stengel, Orrick, Herrington, and Sutcliffe LLP, all of Washington, D.C.; and Christopher J. Mayer, Columbia Business School, New York, New York. |