| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: | CONTACT: Jesse Jacobs - 202-224-4524 |
| Friday, March 15, 2002 | Craig Davis - 202-224-7391 |
BANKING COMMITTEE TO HEAR FROM SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION CHAIR HARVEY PITT
APPEARANCE WILL CONCLUDE SERIES OF 10 OVERSIGHT
HEARINGS ON ACCOUNTING AND INVESTOR PROTECTION ISSUES
RAISED BY ENRON AND OTHER PUBLIC COMPANIES
Senator Paul S. Sarbanes (D-MD), the Chairman of the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, announced that the full Committee will complete a series of 10 oversight hearings on accounting and investor protection issues following the collapse of Enron Corp. by hearing from the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Harvey L. Pitt.
The hearing will be held:
10:00 A.M.
216 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
Scheduled to testify:
- The Honorable Harvey L. Pitt, Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission
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