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Social Security Commission To Hear From All Sides
September 4, 2001
The President's Commission
to Strengthen Social Security will hold a day-long hearing on Thursday,
Sept. 6, in San Diego at the Marriott Hotel and Marina. The hearing will take
place in two sessions, from 9:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., and from 2 p.m. until
5 p.m. A total of six panels representing widely diverse viewpoints will present
testimony to the Commission. Among those tentatively scheduled to appear are:
Panel 1: The Need for Reform
Robert Bixby, executive director, Concord Coalition.
Panel 2: Government Investment in the Stock Market or Personal Accounts?
John Shoven, professor of economics, Stanford University.
Panel 3: Social Security Reform and Women
Lisa Maatz, acting director, Older Women's League (OWL).
Eloise Anderson, director, Program for the American Family, Claremont
Institute.
Panel 4: This panel will feature eight members of the public testifying
for five minutes each.
Panel 5: Other Perspectives and Experiences
Valerie Vandeweghe, benefits administrator, City of San Diego.
Panel 6: Think Tanks and Public Policy Advocates
Roger Hickey, co-director, Campaign for America's Future.
Peter Ferrara, senior policy advisor on Social Security, Americans for Tax
Reform.
E. Percil Stanford, member, board of directors, National Committee to
Preserve Social Security and Medicare.
David John, senior policy analyst, Social Security, the Heritage
Foundation.
Additional witnesses will likely be added.
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