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Congressional Oversight Panel: GMAC, Citi CEOs to Testify at Congressional Oversight Panel Hearings

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GMAC, Citi CEOs to Testify at Congressional Oversight Panel
Hearings
February 19, 2010
For Immediate Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Congressional Oversight Panel today announced two hearings
with the chief executive officers of two TARP-recipient financial institutions.
On Thursday, February 25, 2010, the Panel will hear from GMAC Chief Executive Officer
Michael Carpenter and Chief Financial Officer Robert Hull, as well as from Ron Bloom,
Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury, Presidential Task Force on the Auto
Industry. Jim Millstein, chief restructuring officer for the Department of the Treasury, will
also testify.
On Thursday, March 4, 2010, Citigroup Chief Executive Officer Vikram Pandit and
Assistant Treasury Secretary Herbert M. Allison, Jr. will testify before the Panel.
Both hearings will take place on Capitol Hill. Hearing rooms will be announced soon.
GMAC received $16.29 billion under the Automotive Industry Financing Program, part of
the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). GMAC is now 56.3 percent owned by Treasury.
Citigroup received $45 billion in TARP funds as well as a government guarantee of a pool
of $301 billion in assets. Treasury now owns approximately 27 percent of the company's
common stock as a consequence of TARP assistance.
GMAC Hearing
WHO:
Members of the TARP Congressional Oversight Panel
WHAT:
Hearing on Assistance Provided to GMAC Under TARP
Ron Bloom, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury
Jim Millstein, Chief Restructuring Officer, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Michael Carpenter, Chief Executive Officer, GMAC
Robert Hull, Chief Financial Officer, GMAC
(Full witness list TBA)
WHEN:
Thursday, February 25, 2010; 10:00 a.m.
WHERE:
Capitol Hill (Hearing Room TBA)
Citigroup Hearing

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Congressional Oversight Panel: GMAC, Citi CEOs to Testify at Congressional Oversight Panel Hearings

WHO:
Members of the TARP Congressional Oversight Panel
WHAT:
Hearing on Assistance Provided to Citigroup Under TARP
Herbert M. Allison, Assistant Treasury Secretary for Financial Stability
Vikram Pandit, Chief Executive Officer, Citigroup
WHEN:
Thursday, March 4, 2010; 10:00 a.m.
WHERE:
Capitol Hill (Hearing Room TBA)
Both hearings are open to press and the public and will be webcast on the Panel's website
at cop.senate.gov. Individuals with disabilities who require an auxiliary aid or service,
including closed captioning service for webcast hearings, should contact the Panel's staff at
202-224-9925 at least two business days in advance of the hearing date.
The Congressional Oversight Panel was created to oversee the expenditure of the
Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds authorized by Congress in the Emergency
Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) and to provide recommendations on
regulatory reform. The Panel members are: former Securities and Exchange
Commissioner Paul S. Atkins; J. Mark McWatters; Richard H. Neiman, Superintendent of
Banks for the State of New York; Damon Silvers, Policy Director and Special Counsel for
the AFL-CIO; and Elizabeth Warren, Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law at Harvard Law
School.

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