thursday, shealy bair who headed the deposit insurance corporation and we wrap up the series friday with skip humphrey of theoumer protection bureau. "washington journal's" look at financial regulators every day next week at 9:15 a.m. eastern on cspan. >>> the senate finance committee this week looked at the temporary assistance for needy families program. it replaced a previous welfare program and limited the amount of time people can receive benefits. senator max baucus of montana chaired the hearing. >> come to order. robert kennedy once said as long as there is plenty, poverty the evil. nearly 50 million americans are currently living in poverty. that includes 16 million children. in 2009 more than 31% of working families were in poverty. that's more than 10 million people. our safety net is designed to give those in poverty a fighting chance. temporary assistance for needy families or tanf is one of those bedrocks. tanf gives people access to job training and education, and it helps fight the evil of poverty. today we will look at tanf and the new challenges facing american in pover