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Two Years After the Storm: Housing Needs in the Gulf Coast

Tuesday, September 25, 2007
09:30 AM
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building

The Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct a hearing on issues related to housing needs in the Gulf Coast region two years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Witnesses

Panel 1

Honorable Mary L. Landrieu (D-LA) [view testimony]
United States Senator

Panel 2

Honorable Orlando J. Cabrera [view testimony]
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
Department of Housing and Urban Development

Panel 3

Mr. James Perry [view testimony]
Executive Director
Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center
Mr. Alan Brown [view testimony]
Vice President of Operations and COO
United Methodist Senior Services of Mississippi, Inc.
Mr. James R. Kelly [view testimony]
Chief Executive Officer
Providence Community Housing and Catholic Charities
Ms. Emelda Paul [view testimony]
President
Lafitte Resident Council
Ms. Amy Liu [view testimony]
Deputy Director of the Metropolitan Policy Program
The Brookings Institution
Mr. Edgar Bright [view testimony]
President
Standard Mortgage Corporation - on behalf of the Mortgage Bankers Association

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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