Panel:
Jack Blum, Tax Justice Network
James Henry, Economist, Tax Justice Network
Martin A. Sullivan, Economist, Tax Analysts
Guest Panelist, Internal Revenue Service (invited)
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If you have an idea for a seminar, please contact the president.

High-Speed Passenger Rail Transportation Proposals

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. (Refreshments 5:40 p.m.)
Surface Transportation Board Hearing Room First floor, Patriots Plaza
395 E St., S.W., Washington, DC

(Metro: Federal Center SW-Orange/Blue and L’Enfant Plaza-Green/Yellow)

Panel:
Mark E. Yachmetz, Associate Administrator for Railroad Development, Federal Railroad Administration
Joyce Rose, Republican Staff Director for the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials

Light refreshments served. The seminar is free, but please E-mail Melvyn Sacks at MelSacks@cavtel.net for reservations.

Panel:
Josh Bivens, Economist, Economic Policy Institute
Adam Posen, Deputy Director, Peterson Institute for International Economics

Panel:
Harry Holzer, Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown University
Tim Kane, Senior Policy Advisor for John McCain 2008

Panel:
Kathleen Day, Vice President, Center for Responsible Lending
Jonathan Miller, Professional Staff Member, Senate Banking Committee

Panel:
Ed Tennyson, Pennsylvania Deputy Secretary of Transportation (ret.)
Ross Capon, Executive Director, National Association of Railroad Passengers
Clifford Winston, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

Panel:
Sandy Mackenzie, staff member, International Monetary Fund
J. Mark Iwry, Brookings Institution and Retirement Security Project
John A. Turner, Pension Policy Consultant

Panel:
David Auerbach, Principal Analyst, Health and Human Resources Division, Congressional Budget Office
Molly Voris, Senior Policy Analyst, Health Division, Center for Best Practices, National Governors Association
John Rother, Director, Policy and Strategy, AARP

Panel:
Terry Dinan, Congressional Budget Office
Glen Sweetnam, Department of Energy

Panel:
Dr. Zachary Schrag, Assistant Professor of History, George Mason University
Ross Capon, Executive Director, National Association of Railroad, Passengers

Discussant:
David Johnson, Assistant Director, National Association of Railroad Passengers