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A 21st Century Transportation System: Reducing Gridlock, Tackling Climate Change, and Growing Connecticut’s Economy

Thursday, April 16, 2009
10:00 AM
The Hall of Records, 200 Orange Street, New Haven, Connecticut

The witnesses on Panel I will be: Mr. Joseph F. Marie, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Transportation; The Honorable John DeStefano, Jr., Mayor, New Haven, Connecticut; Mr. Howard R. Permut, President, Metro-North Railroad; Mr. Joseph H. McHugh, Vice-President, Government Affairs, Amtrak; and Mr. Ronald Kilcoyne, CEO, Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority. The witnesses on Panel II will be: Mr. James S. Butler, Executive Director, Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments; Ms. Karen Burnaska, Coordinator, Transit for Connecticut; Mr. Philip Madonna, Business Agent/Financial Secretary/Treasurer, Amalgamated Transit Union; and Mr. Eric Brown, Associate Counsel, Connecticut Business and Industry Association.

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Majority Statements

Witnesses

Panel 1

Panel 2

  • Mr. James S. Butler [view testimony]
    Executive Director
    Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments
  • Ms. Karen Burnaska [view testimony]
    Coordinator
    Transit for Connecticut
  • Mr. Philip Madonna [view testimony]
    Business Agent/Financial Secretary/Treasurer
    Amalgamated Transit Union
  • Mr. Eric Brown [view testimony]
    Associate Counsel
    Connecticut Business and Industry Association

2009 Hearings

2009

December 17th Executive Session to Vote on Nominees
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
December 10th Examining the Federal Role in Overseeing the Safety of Public Transportation Systems
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
December 9th Weathering the Storm: Creating Jobs in the Recession
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
December 3rd Hearing on the nomination of The Honorable Ben S. Bernanke
106 Dirksen Senate Office Building
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
November 19th Executive Session: to consider Opening Statements on an original bill entitled: “Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2009”
325 Russell Senate Office Building, room 325
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
November 17th Protecting Consumers from Abusive Overdraft Fees: The Fairness and Accountability in Receiving Overdraft Coverage Act
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
November 10th Ending Veterans’ Homelessness
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
10:00 AM - 12:00 AM
November 5th Nominations Hearing
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
9:30 AM
October 29th EXECUTIVE SESSION to MARK-UP an original bill entitled: “Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act of 2009” and VOTE on the revised subcommittee organization for the 111th Congress.
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
October 29th Modernizing Affordable Housing for Seniors and People with Disabilities
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
October 28th Dark Pools, Flash Orders, High Frequency Trading, and Other Market Structure Issues
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
October 20th The State of the Nation’s Housing Market
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
October 14th Examining the State of the Banking Industry
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
October 9th Restoring Credit to Manufacturers
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
October 8th Future of the Mortgage Market and the Housing Enterprises
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
October 7th Securitization of Assets: Problems and Solutions
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
October 6th Minimizing Potential Threats from Iran: Administration Perspectives on Economic Sanctions and Other US Policy Options
106 Dirksen Senate Office Building
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
September 30th International Cooperation to Modernize Financial Regulation
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
September 29th Strengthening and Streamlining Prudential Bank Supervision (continuation of the August 4, 2009 hearing)
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
September 24th (Hearing has been POSTPONED) Securitization of Assets: Problems and Solutions
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
2:30 PM
September 24th Emergency Economic Stabilization Act: One Year Later
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
September 21st Helping Homeowners Avoid Foreclosure
One Bergen County Plaza, Hackensack, New Jersey, Bergen County Administration Building, room Freeholders Public Meeting Room
12:00 PM
September 10th Oversight of the SEC’s Failure to Identify the Bernard L. Madoff Ponzi Scheme and How to Improve SEC Performance
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
2:30 PM - 5:30 PM
August 17th Alleged Stanford Financial Group Fraud: Regulatory and Oversight Concerns and the Need for Reform
Louisiana State Police Training Academy Auditorium, 7901 Independence Boulevard, Baton Rouge, Louisiana , room Building A
1:30 PM
August 5th Examining Proposals to Enhance the Regulation of Credit Rating Agencies
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
August 4th Rail Modernization: Getting Transit Funding Back on Track
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
August 4th Strengthening and Streamlining Prudential Bank Supervision
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
9:00 AM - 11:45 AM
July 30th Minimizing Potential Threats from Iran: Assessing Economic Sanctions and Other US Policy Options
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
July 29th Protecting Shareholders and Enhancing Public Confidence by Improving Corporate Governance
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
July 28th Executive Session to Vote on a Nominee
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
July 28th Regulatory Modernization: Perspectives on Insurance
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
July 23rd Executive Session to Mark-up and vote on "The Public Transportation Extension Act of 2009"
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
July 23rd Establishing a Framework for Systemic Risk Regulation
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
July 22nd Nomination Hearing
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
July 22nd The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress
106 Dirksen Senate Office Building
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
July 17th The U.S. as Global Competitor: What are the Elements of a National Manufacturing Strategy?
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
July 16th Preserving Homeownership: Progress Needed to Prevent Foreclosures
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
July 15th Regulating Hedge Funds and Other Private Investment Pools
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
July 14th Creating a Consumer Financial Protection Agency: A Cornerstone of America’s New Economic Foundation
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
July 8th The Effects of the Economic Crisis on Community Banks and Credit Unions in Rural Communities
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
July 7th Public Transportation: A Core Climate Solution
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
June 25th Executive Session to Vote on Nominations
To Be Determined
11:00 AM
June 22nd Over-the-Counter Derivatives: Modernizing Oversight to Increase Transparency and Reduce Risks
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
June 18th The Administration’s Proposal to Modernize the Financial Regulatory System
216 Hart Senate Office Building, room 216
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
June 16th Greener Communities, Greater Opportunities: New Ideas for Sustainable Development and Economic Growth
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
June 10th The State of the Domestic Automobile Industry: Impact of Federal Assistance
2:30 PM - 5:30 PM
June 10th Executive Session to Vote on Nominations
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
2:30 PM
June 4th Nomination Hearing
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
June 3rd A Fresh Start for New Starts
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
May 21st Executive Session to Vote on Nominations
S-216, The Capitol, room S-216
10:30 AM
May 20th Oversight of the Troubled Assets Relief Program
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
May 13th Nomination Hearing
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
May 13th Manufacturing and the Credit Crisis
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
May 7th Strengthening the S.E.C.’s Vital Enforcement Responsibilities
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
May 6th Regulating and Resolving Institutions Considered ‘Too Big to Fail’
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
April 28th Executive Session to Vote on Nominations
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
April 23rd Nomination Hearing
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
April 16th A 21st Century Transportation System: Reducing Gridlock, Tackling Climate Change, and Growing Connecticut’s Economy
The Hall of Records, 200 Orange Street, New Haven, Connecticut
10:00 AM
March 31st Lessons from the New Deal
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
March 31st EXECUTIVE SESSION to MARK-UP and VOTE on S. 414, Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
March 26th Enhancing Investor Protection and the Regulation of Securities Markets – Part II
9:30 AM - 1:30 PM
March 24th Modernizing Bank Supervision and Regulation, Part II
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
March 19th Current Issues in Deposit Insurance
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
March 19th Modernizing Bank Supervision and Regulation "Video Courtesy of C-SPAN"
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
10:30 AM - 2:00 PM
March 18th Lessons Learned in Risk Management Oversight at Federal Financial Regulators
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
March 17th Perspectives on Modernizing Insurance Regulation
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM
March 12th Sustainable Transportation Solutions: Investing in Transit to Meet 21st Century Challenges
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
10:00 AM
March 10th Enhancing Investor Protection and the Regulation of Securities Markets
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
10:30 AM
March 5th American International Group: Examining what went wrong, government intervention, and implications for future regulation
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
10:00 AM
March 3rd Consumer Protections in Financial Services: Past Problems, Future Solutions
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
10:00 AM
February 26th Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
10:00 AM
February 24th The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress
216 Hart Senate Office Building, room 216
10:00 AM
February 24th Executive Session to Vote on the Committee's Rules of Procedure
216 Hart Senate Office Building, room 216
10:00 AM
February 12th Modernizing Consumer Protection in the Financial Regulatory System: Strengthening Credit Card Protections
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
10:00 AM
February 10th Executive Session
106 Dirksen Senate Office Building
2:30 PM
February 10th Oversight of the Financial Rescue Program: A New Plan for the TARP
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
2:30 PM
February 5th Pulling Back the TARP: Oversight of the Financial Rescue Program
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
10:00 AM
February 4th Modernizing the U.S. Financial Regulatory System
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
3:00 PM
January 27th Madoff Investment Securities Fraud: Regulatory and Oversight Concerns and the Need for Reform
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
10:00 AM
January 15th Nomination Hearing
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
10:00 AM
January 13th Nomination Hearing
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
10:00 AM