As in other East Coast cities, residents of the capital have had to adapt to a growing chill in the air. But the change was a little more abrupt for those at Thursday's nomination hearing for the Senate Banking Committee.
For some reason the hearing room seemed downright frigid. Just before the hearing began, someone was heard muttering, "Turn off the AC."
Early on in the proceeding, committee member Mark Warner, D-Va., told the witnesses — FDIC vice chairman nominee Thomas Hoenig, Housing and Urban Development deputy secretary nominee Maurice Jones and Federal Housing Administration nominee Carol Galante — not to read too much in to the cold.
"Let me assure you, considering the temperature in the room, this is not a frosty reception," Warner said.
