Committee Hearings, Bankruptcy Reform
This page contains testimony given before Congressional committees related
to this issue. Note that many organizations giving testimony before committees
also have statements and information available on their own webpages. That material
is available under organizational statements.
This page contains all abstracts from hearings, but only selected transcripts
released electronically by the relevant committee.
Abstracts:
- House
Judiciary Committee, Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee, 3/11/99
- House
Judiciary Committee, Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee, 3/16/99
- House
Judiciary Committee, Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee, 3/17/99
- House
Judiciary Committee, Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee, 3/18/99
- House
Judiciary Committee, Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee, 4/11/00
- Senate Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, 3/25/99
- Senate Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, 4/13/00
- Senate
Judiciary Committee, Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee,
3/11/99
- Senate Special
Committee on Aging, 9/5/00
Testimony:
- Rep.
Rick Boucher, House Judiciary Committee, Commercial and Administrative Law
Subcommittee, 3/16/99
- Leon
S. Forman, House Judiciary Committee, Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee,
3/16/99
- Rep.
George Gekas, House Judiciary Committee, Commercial and Administrative Law
Subcommittee, 3/16/99
- Rep.
Sheila Jackson-Lee, House Judiciary Committee, Commercial and Administrative
Law Subcommittee, 3/16/99
- Janet
Kubica - Credit Union National Association, House Judiciary Committee, Commercial
and Administrative Law Subcommittee, 3/16/99
- Joe
Lee, House Judiciary Committee, Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee,
3/16/99
- Ralph
R. Mabey, House Judiciary Committee, Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee,
3/16/99
- Eric
A. Posner - University of Chicago, House Judiciary Committee, Commercial and
Administrative Law Subcommittee, 3/16/99
- David
A. Skeel, Jr. - University of Pennsylvania, House Judiciary Committee, Commercial
and Administrative Law Subcommittee, 3/16/99
- Rep.
Louise Slaughter, House Judiciary Committee, Commercial and Administrative
Law Subcommittee, 3/16/99
- Frank
Torres - Consumers Union, House Judiciary Committee, Commercial and Administrative
Law Subcommittee, 3/16/99
- William
H. Brown - American Bankruptcy Institute, House Judiciary Committee, Commercial
and Administrative Law Subcommittee, 3/17/99
- American
Financial Services Association, House Judiciary Committee, Commercial and
Administrative Law Subcommittee, 3/17/99
- Thomas
R. Carper - National Governors' Association, House Judiciary Committee, Commercial
and Administrative Law Subcommittee, 3/17/99
- Henry
E. Hildebrand, III - National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees, House Judiciary
Committee, Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee, 3/17/99
- Michael
Moore - National Retail Federation, House Judiciary Committee, Commercial
and Administrative Law Subcommittee, 3/17/99
- Thomas
S. Neubig - Ernst & Young, LLP, House Judiciary Committee, Commercial
and Administrative Law Subcommittee, 3/17/99
- Randall
J. Newsome - National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, House Judiciary Committee,
Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee, 3/17/99
- Lisa H.
Ryu - National Association of Federal Credit Unions, House Judiciary Committee,
Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee, 3/17/99
- Wayne
Sigmon, House Judiciary Committee, Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee,
3/17/99
- Michael
E. Staten - Georgetown University, House Judiciary Committee, Commercial and
Administrative Law Subcommittee, 3/17/99
- Jeffrey
A. Tassey - American Financial Services Association, House Judiciary Committee,
Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee, 3/17/99
- Robert
H. Waldschmidt - National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees , House Judiciary
Committee, Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee, 3/17/99
- Maryianne
B. Culhane, et al., House Judiciary Committee, Commercial and Administrative
Law Subcommittee, 3/17/99
- Todd
J. Zywicki - George Mason University, House Judiciary Committee, Commercial
and Administrative Law Subcommittee, 3/17/99
- Paul
H. Asofsky - American Bar Association, House Judiciary Committee, Commercial
and Administrative Law Subcommittee, 3/18/99
- H. Elizabeth
Baird - Bank of America Corporation, House Judiciary Committee, Commercial
and Administrative Law Subcommittee, 3/18/99
- Tina
L. Brozman, House Judiciary Committee, Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee,
3/18/99
- Jere
W. Glover - Small Business Administration, House Judiciary Committee, Commercial
and Administrative Law Subcommittee, 3/18/99
- Seth
Grosshandler, House Judiciary Committee, Commercial and Administrative Law
Subcommittee, 3/18/99
- Donald
F. Harris - Association of Bankruptcy Attorneys, House Judiciary Committee,
Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee, 3/18/99
- Joseph
A. Peiffer, House Judiciary Committee, Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee,
3/18/99
- Randal
C. Picker - University of Chicago, House Judiciary Committee, Commercial and
Administrative Law Subcommittee, 3/18/99
- William
H. Schorling - American Bar Association, House Judiciary Committee, Commercial
and Administrative Law Subcommittee, 3/18/99
- Rep.
Rick Boucher, Joint House Judiciary Committee, Commercial and Administrative
Law Subcommittee, Senate Judiciary Committee, Administrative Oversight and
the Courts Subcommittee, 3/11/99
- Carol
J. Kenner, Joint House Judiciary Committee, Commercial and Administrative
Law Subcommittee, Senate Judiciary Committee, Administrative Oversight and
the Courts Subcommittee, 3/11/99
- Wright H.
Andrews, Jr. - National Home Equity Mortgage Association, Senate Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, 3/25/99
- Rep.
Rick Boucher, Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, 3/25/99
- Beth Climo
- American Bankers Association, Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Committee, 3/25/99
- Rep.
George W. Gekas, Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, 3/25/99
- Edward M.
Gramlich - Federal Reserve System, Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Committee, 3/25/99
- Douglas H.
Jones - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Senate Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs Committee, 3/25/99
- Gary Klein
- National Consumer Law Center, Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Committee, 3/25/99
- Mark McClellen
- Treasury Department, Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee,
3/25/99
- Terry McCormick
- Credit Union National Association, Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Committee, 3/25/99
- Brian L.
McDonnell - National Association of Federal Credit Unions, Senate Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, 3/25/99
- Ronald A.
Prill - Retailers National Bank, Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Committee, 3/25/99
- David Warren
- Bond Market Association, Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee,
3/25/99
- Sen.
Jim Jeffords, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, 4/13/00
- Leslie B.
Kramerich - Department of Labor, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Committee, 4/13/00
- Scott J.
Macey - ERISA Industry Committee, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Committee, 4/13/00
- Bruce A.
Markell - University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Senate Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions Committee, 4/13/00
- James S. Ray
- AFL-CIO, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, 4/13/00
- Gary
Klein - National Consumer Law Center, Joint House Judiciary Committee, Commercial
and Administrative Law Subcommittee, Senate Judiciary Committee, Administrative
Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee, 3/11/99
- Rep.
James P. Moran, Joint House Judiciary Committee, Commercial and Administrative
Law Subcommittee, Senate Judiciary Committee, Administrative Oversight and
the Courts Subcommittee, 3/11/99
- Elizabeth
Warren, Joint House Judiciary Committee, Commercial and Administrative Law
Subcommittee, Senate Judiciary Committee, Administrative Oversight and the
Courts Subcommittee, 3/11/99