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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D59 on Jan. 21, 2009.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FISCAL CHALLENGES
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine addressing short-and long-term fiscal challenges, after receiving testimony from Alice M. Rivlin, Brookings Institution, and Robert D. Reischauer, and Rudolph G. Penner, both of the Urban Institute, all of Washington, DC.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Ray LaHood, to be Secretary of Transportation, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Durbin and former Representative Michel, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Timothy F. Geithner, of New York, to be Secretary of the Treasury, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Schumer and Paul Volcker, former Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Susan E. Rice, to be Permanent Representative to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador, and to be Representative to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during her tenure of service as Representative to the United Nations.
FINANCIAL CRISIS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing on the financial crisis and financial governance, after receiving testimony from Gene L. Dodaro, Acting Comptroller General, Government Accounting Office; Howell E. Jackson, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Steven M. Davidoff, University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford.
