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Thursday, October 23, 2008 

Daily Digest 

Senate 

Chamber Action 

Senate met at 2:00:18 p.m. in pro forma session, 

and recessed at 2:00:47 p.m. until 9 a.m., on Monday, October 27, 2008. 

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

CURRENT CREDIT MARKETS 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: 

Committee concluded a hearing to examine turmoil 

in the United States credit markets, focusing on examining recent regulatory responses, after receiving 

testimony from Sheila C. Bair, Chairman, Federal 

Deposit Insurance Corporation; Neel Kashkari, Interim Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability, Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, Department of the Treasury; Brian Montgomery, Federal 

Housing Commissioner, Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; James B. Lockhart III, 

Federal Housing Finance Agency; and Elizabeth A. 

Duke, Governor, Board of Governors of the Federal 

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Reserve System. 

House of Representatives 

Chamber Action 

The House was not in session today. The House 

is scheduled to meet at 11 a.m. on Saturday, January 

3, 2009, pursuant to the provisions of H. Con. Res. 

440. 

Committee Meetings 

FINANCIAL CRISIS AND THE ROLE OF 

FEDERAL REGULATORS; COMMITTEE 

REPORTS 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Held a 

hearing on the Financial Crisis and the Role of the 

Federal Regulators. Testimony was heard from Christopher Cox, Chairman, SEC; Alan Greenspan, former 

Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; and John Snow, former Secretary of the Treasury. 

The Committee also approved the following Committee reports: report on assertion of executive privilege in response to the Committee’s subpoena to Stephen Johnson, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, and Susan Dudley, Administrator, 

White House Office of Management and Budget; 

and a report on the activities of the White House 

Office of Political Affairs. 

CREDIT RATING AGENCIES AND THE 

FINANCIAL CRISIS 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: On October 22, the Committee held a hearing on Credit 

Rating Agencies and the Financial Crisis. Testimony 

was heard from Christopher Cox, Chairman, SEC; 

Alan Greenspan, former Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; John Snow, 

former Secretary of the Treasury. 

FINANCIAL SYSTEM—REGULATORY 

RESTRUCTURING AND REFORM 

Committee on Financial Services: On October 21, the 

Committee held a hearing entitled ‘‘Regulatory Restructuring and Reform of the Financial System.’’ 

Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

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COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR MONDAY, 

OCTOBER 27, 2008 

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) 

Senate 

No meetings/hearings are scheduled. 


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October 23, 2008 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D1253 

House 

Committee on Education and Labor, hearing on Building 

an Economic Recovery Package: Creating and Preserving 

Jobs in America, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn. 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearing on Gaming the 

Tax Code: the New York Yankees and City of New York 

Response to Questions about the new Yankee Stadium, 

10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn. 

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CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD 

Week of October 27 through November 1, 2008 

Senate Chamber 

To be announced. 

Senate Committees 

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) 

To be announced. 

House Committees 

Committee on Education and Labor, October 28, hearing 

on Maintaining and Expanding Health Care Coverage in 

a Challenging Economy, 11 a.m., 2175 Rayburn. 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, October 

29, hearing on Investing in Infrastructure: The Road to 

Recovery, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn. 

Committee on Ways and Means, October 29, hearing on 

Economic Recovery, Job Creation and Investment in 

America, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth. 


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