[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 39 (Wednesday, March 17, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S1678]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           NOTICE OF HEARING


                permanent subcommittee on investigations

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs has scheduled a hearing entitled, ``Wall 
Street and the Financial Crisis: The Role of High Risk Home Loans'' 
This hearing will be the first in a series of Subcommittee hearings 
examining some of the causes and consequences of the recent financial 
crisis. This first hearing will focus on the role of high risk home 
loans in the financial crisis, using as a case history high risk home 
loans originated, sold, and securitized by Washington Mutual Bank. A 
witness list will be available Monday, March 22, 2010.
  The Subcommittee hearing has been scheduled for Thursday, March 25, 
2010, at 9:30 a.m., in Room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building. For 
further information, please contact Elise Bean of the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations at 224-9505.

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