Media
Advisory
For
Immediate
Release
Media Inquiries:
March
11,
2010
Tucker Warren 202-292-1346
Financial
Crisis Inquiry Commission
Announces
Next Public Hearing
(Washington, DC) –The
Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) today announced the
Commission will hear from public and private sector entities next month
in a hearing titled “Subprime Lending and Securitization and
Government-Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs).”
Hearing
sessions will include the following entities: the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, Citigroup, Fannie Mae, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and its
predecessors the Federal Housing Finance Board (FHFB) and the Office of Federal
Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO), and the
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).
A
full list of witnesses as well as additional hearing details and location will
be announced closer to the hearing.
When:
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 – Friday,
April 9, 2010
Where:
Washington, DC – location to be announced
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About the Financial
Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC)
The bi-partisan 10-member
Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission was created by Congress and is charged with
examining the causes of the financial meltdown. It is also examining
causes of the collapse of major financial institutions that failed or would
likely have failed had they not received exceptional government
assistance. The Commission is comprised of Chairman Phil Angelides, Vice
Chairman Bill Thomas, and Commissioners Brooksley Born, Byron Georgiou, Robert
Graham, Keith Hennessey, Doug Holtz-Eakin, Heather Murren, John W. Thompson, and
Peter Wallison. Findings and conclusions are to be presented in a
formal report to Congress and the President by December 15, 2010. For more,
visit FCIC.gov.
Tucker Warren
Communications Deputy
Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
Phone: 202-292-1346
Mobile: 202-507-3237