House Minority Leader John Boehner, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have announced the four Republican appointees to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, rounding out the entire commission, which, by law, can convene and begin work immediately
In a statement, the Republican leaders write:
Boehner and McConnell jointly selected former House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas to serve as Vice Chairman of the Commission. In addition, Boehner appointed Peter Wallison, Co-Director for Financial Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), and McConnell appointed former Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Doug Holtz-Eakin, and former National Economic Council Director Keith Hennessey to serve on the Commission as well.
More to come on these four appointees, as well as the six Democratic appointees, later today.
