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Ending Mortgage Abuse: Safeguarding Homebuyers

Tuesday, June 26, 2007
02:30 PM
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building

The Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community Development will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct a hearing on “Ending Mortgage Abuse: Safeguarding Homebuyers."

Witnesses

Panel 1

Mr. David Berenbaum [view testimony]
Executive Vice President
National Community Reinvestment Coalition
Professor Anthony Yezer [view testimony]
Department of Economics, George Washington University
Ms. Denise Leonard [view testimony]
Chairman and CEO
Constitution Financial Group, Inc. on behalf of the National Association of Mortgage Brokers
Mr. John Robbins [view testimony]
Chairman
Mortgage Bankers Association
Mr. Wade Henderson [view testimony]
President and CEO
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Mr. Alan Hummel [view testimony]
Senior Vice President and Chief Appraiser
Forsythe Appraisals, LLC on behalf of the Appraisal Institute
Mr. Pat V. Combs [view testimony]
President
National Association of REALTORS
Mr. Michael D. Calhoun [view testimony]
President
Center For Responsible Lending

2007 Hearings

2007

December 13th	Shopping Smart and Avoiding Scams: Financial Literacy During the Holiday Season. 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 10:30 AM
November 14th	Sovereign Wealth Fund Acquisitions and Other Foreign Government Investments in the U.S.: Assessing the Economic and National Security Implications 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 2:00 PM
November 14th	Shareholder Rights and Proxy Access 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 10:30 AM
October 31st	Climate Disclosure: Measuring Financial Risks and Opportunities 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 2:30 PM
October 24th	International Accounting Standards: Opportunities, Challenges, and Global Convergence Issues 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 2:00 PM
October 17th	Executive Session: Mark-up of Pending Legislation 10:00 AM
October 4th	Examining the Regulation and Supervision of Industrial Loan Companies 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 10:00 AM
October 3rd	Combating Genocide in Darfur: The Role of Divestment and Other Policy Tools 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 9:30 AM
October 2nd	An Examination of the National Flood Insurance Program 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 10:30 AM
September 26th	The Role and Impact of Credit Rating Agencies on the Subprime Credit Markets 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 9:30 AM
September 25th	Two Years After the Storm: Housing Needs in the Gulf Coast 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 9:30 AM
September 19th	Executive Session: Mark-up of Pending Legislation 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 10:00 AM
August 2nd	Reforming Key International Financial Institutions for the 21st Century 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 2:30 PM
August 2nd	Pending Nominations to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 9:30 AM
August 1st	Executive Session: Mark-up of Pending Legislation 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 9:30 AM
July 31st	The State of the Securities Markets 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 9:30 AM
July 19th	The Second Monetary Policy Report to the Congress for 2007 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 9:30 AM
July 18th	Modernization of Federal Housing Administration Programs 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 9:30 AM
July 12th	A Global View: Examining Cross-Border Exchange Mergers 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 10:00 AM
July 11th	Pending Nominations to the Export-Import Bank and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 9:00 AM
June 26th	Ending Mortgage Abuse: Safeguarding Homebuyers 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 2:30 PM
June 21st	Working Towards Ending Homelessness: Reauthorization of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 10:00 AM
June 20th	Reauthorization of the Hope VI Program 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 2:00 PM
June 6th	Paying for College: The Role of Private Student Lending 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 10:00 AM
May 23rd	U.S. Economic Relations with China: Strategies and Options on Exchange Rates and Market Access 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 2:30 PM
May 17th	Consolidation of NASD and the Regulatory Functions of the NYSE: Working Towards Improved Regulation 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 2:30 PM
May 16th	Executive Session - Mark up of Pending Legislation and Nominations. 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 9:30 AM
May 10th	Pending Nominations 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 3:00 PM
April 17th	Subprime Mortgage Market Turmoil: Examining the Role of Securitization 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 3:00 PM
April 12th	Pirating the American Dream: Intellectual Property Theft’s Impact on America’s Place in the Global Economy and Strategies for Improving Enforcement 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 2:00 PM
April 11th	An Examination of the Availability and Affordability of Property and Casualty Insurance in the Gulf Coast and Other Coastal Regions 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 9:30 AM
March 22nd	Mortgage Market Turmoil: Causes and Consequences 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 10:00 AM
March 21st	Minimizing Potential Threats from Iran: Assessing the Effectiveness of Current US Sanctions on Iran 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 9:00 AM
February 28th	Examining the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 10:30 AM
February 14th	The First Monetary Policy Report to the Congress for 2007 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building 10:00 AM
February 7th	Preserving the American Dream: Predatory Lending Practices and Home Foreclosures 216 Hart Senate Office Building, room 216 10:00 AM
February 7th	Executive Session - Mark-up of an original bill entitled “The Public Transportation Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 216 Hart Senate Office Building, room 216 10:00 AM
January 31st	The Treasury Department’s Report to Congress on International Economic and Exchange Rate Policy (IEERP) and the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue 10:00 AM
January 25th	“Examining the Billing, Marketing, and Disclosure Practices of the Credit Card Industry, and Their Impact on Consumers.” 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 9:30 AM
January 18th	Examining the State of Transit Security 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building 10:00 AM

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