Limbaugh recently called Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke a "slut" and a "prostitute" because she had the effrontery to propose congressional testimony explaining why it was important to her that her university healthcare plan include birth control.
They say that he proposed theories in his testimony that lie far outside standard forensic science.
George French, on behalf of the F.D.I.C., said in written testimony, "This proposed legislation would result in an understatement of problem loans on banks' balance sheets and an overstatement of regulatory capital".
The committee plans to hear testimony on proposed legislation aimed at fixing the problems.
BAN ON A.T.M. SURCHARGES The City Council will hear testimony on a proposed municipal law banning surcharges on bank-owned automated teller machines.
In her testimony, Ms. Gustafson proposed measures to make it easier to prosecute fraud and stiffen penalties for conviction, in part by defining a loss to the government as equal to the size of the contract.
Mrs. Thompson and Mr. Bilbrew were among the hundreds of people who attended a hearing in September in Chicago — one of eight nationwide — at which the E.P.A. took testimony on the proposed rules.
Mr. McGeady, who said in written testimony that the proposed settlement would let Microsoft continue to retaliate against companies that resist its demands, said the comment showed disapproval of Microsoft's business practices, not personal animus.
Though Mr. O'Neal asked the committee to wait until the town lawyer weighed in, the committee, after hearing testimony, discarded the proposed ordinance, on a 6-to-2 vote.
