Representatives and a member of the advisory meeting on the records of congress, to which the legislative records reports twice annually. He is a longtime friend and supporter, as well as a source of guidance to the center through his service on the advisory committee. Matts here today to discuss hispanic americans in congress, 18222012, which was published last year. This is the third in a series that has come out of the house office of the historian under leadership, the previously published volumes being women in congress 19172006, and black americans in congress, 18702007, published in 2008. The total page count for these three volumes is 2573, and still counting. I believe there is a fourth volume in the works. [laughter] so, this series obviously represents a very substantial effort for which were all grateful and eager to hear about this latest publication and thank you so much for joining us, matt. Matt thanks for inviting me. Its a pleasure to be here. Pleasure to see so many
Served in congress. Prior to the mid20th century, many served as territorial delegates and commissioners as opposed to voting representatives. Archives hosted this event and provided the video. Historian at the center for legislative archives. Thank you for attending todays talk on this last day of july. This is the last talk in the series until we resume in september. For those of you in attendance, our guest hardly needs an introduction. Matthew wasniewski is the historian of the u. S. House of representatives and a member of the advisory meeting on the records of congress. Friend andgtime supporter, as well of us as well as a source of guidance to the center through his service on the advisory committee. Matt is here today to discuss hispanic americans in congress, which was published last year. This is the third in a series that has come out of the house office under his leadership. The previously published volumes being women in congress 19172006, black americans in congress, 1870
About to see can be viewed in entirety by visiting our website booktv. Org and using the search function at the top of the page. First in february of 2015 the American Enterprise institutes peter appeared on our Author Interview program afterwards where he argued that Government Housing policy caused the 2008 financial crisis. Peter, your new book is called hidden in plain sight, what really caused the worlds financial crisis and why it can happen again. You were a member of the Financial Crisis Commission which was investigating the causes to have 07, 08 financial crisis. What did you see that they didnt . I had been locking at the housing system in the United States, doddfrank and well, im sorry, doddfrank and fannie mae for quite a while before i got on the commission. I had a lot of background on what had been happening in the housing sector, so i was looking for the commission to look into what happened with fannie mae and freddie mac and what role they had played in the housing c
Your new book is called living in plain sight what really caused the financial crisis and why it could happen again. You were a member of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission investigating the causes of the 2007 in 2008 financial crisis. You said that only democrats on the committee but the republican appointees what did you see they didnt . Looking at the housing system in the United States with dodd frank and fannie mae and freddie mac for quite a while before i got on the commission so i had a lot of background of what was happening in the housing sector. I was looking for the commission to look into what happened with fannie mae and freddie mac and the role they played in the housing crisis and ultimately the financial crisis and i found the commission was not interested in they would not look at it. s. Host that i was outside i thought, the partisan differences between the republicans and democrats and and am afraid that the republicans felt that they just would not agree with
Hidden in plain sight and why it could happen again. You remember the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission investigating the causes. You decided not only with democrats but the republican appointees. What did you see they didnt . Looking at the housing system and dodd frank im sorry fannie mae and freddie mac for quite a while before i got on the commission. So i have background on what was happening in the housing sector. So i was looking for the commission to look into what happened with fannie mae and freddie mac and the role they played in the housing crisis and ultimately the financial crisis and the commission was not interested in that and they wouldnt look at it to the degree that i tried to interest them. I was just told i was given all kinds of signals that something they would do so i decided i would dissent so the differences with the other republicans came from the fact that my view our responsibility on the commission was to make sure the American People understood what ha