Full Committee Hearing

State of the American Dream: Economic Policy and the Future of the Middle Class

Date:   Thursday, June 6, 2013 Time:   09:30 AM

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COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC POLICY will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct a hearing entitled “State of the American Dream: Economic Policy and the Future of the Middle Class”. The witnesses will be: Ms. Diedre Melson; Mr. John Cox; and Ms. Pamela Thatcher, subjects of the documentary movie American Winter; Dr. Atif Mian, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Princeton University; Ms. Amy Traub, Senior Policy Analyst, Demos; Mr. Nick Hanauer, Second Avenue Partners; and Mr. Steve Hill, Executive Director, Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development.

Witnesses

Witness Panel 1

  1. Mr. John Cox
    Subject of the Documentary Movie
    American Winter
  2. Mr. Nick Hanauer
    Second Avenue Partners
  3. Mr. Steve Hill
    Executive Director
    Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development
  4. Ms. Diedre Melson
    Subject of the Documentary Movie
    American Winter
  5. Dr. Atif Mian
    Professor of Economics and Public Policy
    Princeton University
  6. Ms. Pamela Thatcher
    Subject of the Documentary Movie
    American Winter
  7. Amy Traub
    Senior Policy Analyst
    Demos