The Senate Banking Committee’s hearing on the “Madoff Investment Securities Fraud: Regulatory and Oversight Concerns and the Need for Reform” occurred today, and ran for about three hours. I watched the video feed, and tried to capture as much as I could in the notes below (which were originally “Tweets” on my Twitter feed). They are presented below from most recent to oldest, so it is probably best to read from the bottom up:

Sen. Dodd–Expresses his respect for SEC and its work despite this glaring exception. Hearing adjourned.