WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressional Oversight Panel Chair Elizabeth Warren released the following statement welcoming former Securities and Exchange Commissioner Paul S. Atkins to the Panel:

"Paul Atkins will bring valuable insights to the Congressional Oversight Panel's efforts to increase the accountability of the Troubled Asset Relief Program. I look forward to working with him and I welcome his service on behalf of the American people."

The Congressional Oversight Panel was created to oversee the expenditure of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds authorized by Congress in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) and to provide recommendations on regulatory reform. The Panel members are former Securities and Exchange Commissioner Paul Atkins; Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX); Richard H. Neiman, Superintendent of Banks for the State of New York; Damon Silvers, Associate General Counsel of the AFL-CIO; and Elizabeth Warren, Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.

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