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Congressional Oversight Panel: Wednesday, January 14 : TARP Congressional Oversight Panel to Hold Hearing on Regulatory Reform

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Wednesday, January 14 : TARP Congressional Oversight Panel
to Hold Hearing on Regulatory Reform
January 8, 2009
For immediate release

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Caleb Weaver

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Congressional Oversight Panel announced today that it will
hold a public hearing on regulatory reform of the financial sector on Wednesday, January
14th, 2009 in Washington, D.C.   The Panel is in the process of preparing a special report
on regulatory reform, and the hearing will provide an opportunity for the Panel members
to seek information from a variety of experts on the regulation of the financial industry.  
The goal of the hearing will be to achieve a better understanding of current regulations and
how the existing regulatory structure contributed to the ongoing financial and mortgage
crises in order to determine what, if any, reforms are needed.
The Panel is required by law to produce a special report for Congress on regulatory reform
“analyzing the current state of the regulatory system and its effectiveness at overseeing the
participants in the financial system and protecting consumers, and providing
recommendations for improvement.”  The statute specifically mandates that the Panel
examine whether “participants in the financial markets that are currently outside the
regulatory system should become subject to the regulatory system... and whether there are
any gaps in existing consumer protections.” 
The Panel will hear testimony from experts representing a wide variety of backgrounds,
areas of expertise, and political affiliations.
In addition to the hearing, the Panel is encouraging all Americans to pose their own
questions, make their own suggestions, and share their personal stories through its website
at www.cop.senate.gov.
The Congressional Oversight Panel was created to oversee the expenditure of 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: Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Richard H. Neiman,
Superintendent of Banks for the State of New York, Damon Silvers, Associate General
Counsel of the AFL-CIO, former US Senator John E. Sununu (R-NH), and Elizabeth
Warren, Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. 
Additional details will be released as soon as they are available.
 

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Congressional Oversight Panel Hearing on Regulatory Reform
Wednesday, January 14, 2009

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