JEC CHAIR MALONEY STATEMENT ON NAMING OF FINANCIAL CRISIS INQUIRY COMMISSION 

Washington D.C. – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Chair of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) released the following statement on the naming of Brooksley Born, John W. Thompson, Heather Murren, Senator Bob Graham, Byron Georgiou, and Chairman Phil Angelides to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission:

“Transparency and frank public discussion are the best ways to uncover the root of the problems which led our financial system into crisis.  With these appointments, the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission gains the talent and experience necessary to conduct a thoughtful, non partisan examination of the financial sector and its government counterparts.  I look forward to working alongside this commission to ensure that the mistakes made over the past several years are not allowed to bring our economy to the brink once again.”

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The Joint Economic Committee, established under the Employment Act of 1946, was created by Congress to review economic conditions and to analyze the effectiveness of economic policy.
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