“Recent Developments in Assessing Future Asbestos Claims Under the FAIR Act”

November 9, 2005

NOTICE OF COMMITTEE HEARING DATE CHANGE

The hearing scheduled by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on "Recent Developments in Assessing Future Asbestos Claims Under the FAIR Act" will take place on Thursday, November 17, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. in Room 226 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building rather than the previously scheduled date of Monday, November 14, 2005 at 2:00 p.m.

By order of the Chairman

*OVERFLOW ROOM IN SD 628*

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Tentative Witness List

Hearing before the
Senate Judiciary Committee
on
"Recent Developments in Assessing Future Asbestos Claims
Under the FAIR Act"

Thursday, November 17, 2005
2:00 p.m., Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226

Panel I

Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Ph.D.
Director
Congressional Budget Office
Washington, DC

Panel II

Charles Bates, Ph.D.
Chairman
Bates White LLC
Washington, DC

Laura Welch, M.D.
Medical Director
Center to Protect Workers Rights
Washington, DC

Mark Peterson, Ph.D.
President
Legal Analysis Systems
Thousand Oaks, CA

Mark Lederer
Chief Financial Officer
Claims Resolution Management Corporation
(aka The Manville Trust)
Katonah, NY

Denise Martin, Ph.D.
Sr. Vice President
National Economic Research Associates
New York, NY