Support to the economy. He delivered the feds semiannual report to a Senate Committee today. Tomorrow morning he will testify before the House Financial Services committee. Cspan 3 will have live coverage and that will get under way at 10 00 a. M. Eastern. Here is part of his testimony earlier today before the Senate Banking committee where he urged the senate to take action to avoid a sequester. Before we proceed with todays hearing, after we have a quorum, the committee will briefly meet in executive session to adopt the Committee Rules of procedure. Our budget resolution for the 113th congress and new committee and jurisdiction. Neither i nor Ranking Member has any amendments to the current Committee Rules. I note for my colleagues that we have been a part of the senatewide bipartisan process over the last several months to conform to some aspects of our nominee committees committees to certain standard questions to be asked of all nominees to all committees. That integration proces