Hearing in Finance today sounds interesting (Katrina)

[TayTay]

AUDIO ONLY BROADCAST!
http://finance.senate.gov/sitepages/hearings.htm

Hurricane Katrina: Community Rebuilding Needs and Effectiveness of Past Proposals

September 28, 2005, at 10:00 a.m., in SD215 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Member Statements:
Charles Grassley, IA
Max Baucus, MT

Witness Statements:

Panel I

The Honorable Haley Barbour, via videoconference, Governor, State of Mississippi, Jackson, MS

The Honorable Kathleen Blanco, Governor, State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA

The Honorable Bob Riley, via videoconference, Governor, State of Alabama, Montgomery, AL

Panel II

Mr. George K. Yin, Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on Taxation, Washington, DC

Ms. Diana Aviv, President and CEO, Independent Sector, Washington, DC

Mr. Daniel L. Doctoroff, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Rebuilding for the City of New York, New York, NY

Mr. Gary P. LaGrange, president and CEO, Port of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA and Chairman, American Association of Port Authorities, Alexandria, VA

Ms. Jean-Mari Peltier, President and CEO, National Council of Framer Cooperatives, Washington, DC

[Mass]

1. On right now - audio only.

[TayTay]

2. Better webbroadcast of this hearing

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/home/main100.shtml

Live Now: Senate Hearing On Rebuilding After Hurricane Katrina

Press this button and a video broadcast of the hearing will come up. Very interesting stuff so far.

[TayTay]

3. Kerry on soon in this Finance hearing.

Go to the CBS site I mentioned above for video.

That was a nice follow-up to KErry's discussion recently about SBA loans and grants. Gov. Blanco was great.

[ginnyinWI]

4. Did anyone else see the replay on Cspan?

It was on tonight at 10 Central. JK came in after it was underway and talked after Sen. Snowe, mainly about small business help. He was great as usual. He said that giving tax breaks next year isn't going to do much to help. He said what they need is capital now, to keep them from going under and moving away for good. They talked about grants and/or bridge loans.