The House Subcommittee on Domestic Policy is holding a hearing at 2 p.m. to discuss "Professional Sports Stadiums: Do They Divert Public Funds From Critical Public Infrastructure?" Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Ohio Democrat, is chairman of the committee. This is a second hearing on the topic of sports stadiums. The first addressed whether stadiums provide economic benefits to the cities that build them.

I'll be checking in periodically on the live Web cast of the hearing and will blog my thoughts later. I do not expect much in the way of breaking news from the hearing, but I've been told a few of the panelists are fun to watch.

Here's a list of the panelists:

Panel I
- Mr. Eric Solomon, Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, Department of Treasury
- Mr. Arthur J. Rolnick, Senior Vice President and Research Director, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Panel II
- Professor Judith Grant Long, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
- Professor David P. Hale, Director, Aging Infrastructure Systems Center of Excellence, University of Alabama
- Ms. Bettina Damiani, Director, Good Jobs New York
- Dr. Steven Maguire, Specialist in Public Finance, Congressional Research Service