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Congressional Oversight Panel to Hold Hearing with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner

On Tuesday, June 22, the Congressional Oversight Panel will hold a hearing with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in room 192 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Congress created the Congressional Oversight Panel to oversee the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program.

In carrying out its responsibilities under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, the Panel has published 19 monthly reports, two special reports, and held 20 hearings on a wide range of TARP and related financial stabilization initiatives.

WHO:
Members of the TARP Congressional Oversight Panel

WHAT:
Hearing with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner

WHEN:
Tuesday, June 22, 2010; 10:00 a.m.

WHERE:
192 Dirksen Senate Office Building

The hearing is open to press and 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: 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; Kenneth Troske, William B. Sturgill Professor of Economics at the University of Kentucky; and Elizabeth Warren, Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.