the chairman, jeff kent serling has offered to keynote that event. members will be joined by senator stabenow. and details will be posted on the website. we will be hearing from several important yesterday. the first director of the federal housing finance agency, the regular of fannie mae and freddie mac is with us tonight. as the housing bubble expanded, jim warned of a systemic risk the to jesse's postwar financial system. and it was during his tenure as director of this program that the gse was placed under conservatorship 1746 days ago. jim, i think you for joining us. we look forward to your remarks. two of our commissioners will be moderating what we expect will be a lively panel discussion. rob is a former president of the bush 40 to administration. denmark has made an important contribution as well. they are the coleaders of the housing finance effort. in our first panel this morning, we will hear from the president of the urban institute, sarah ward tell. sarah and mark both bring tremendous intellectual firepower to the table and we look f