Officials from three Iowa banks that received money from the U.S. Treasury as part of the federal bailout passed in September will be questioned by the state legislature’s Government Oversight Committee today.

Iowa Banking Superintendent Tom Gronstal and officials from West Bank, MidWestOne Bank and Heartland Financial have been asked to appear before the panel.

Iowa House Speaker Pat Murphy, D-Dubuque, said last week that the goal of calling the banking executives before the legislature was to ensure the money the banks received is helping keep families in their homes.

“We want to make sure that the money they received, that they’re willing to discuss it with us and if they aren’t I think it’s a good reason for people to even inquire more if they don’t,” he said, adding: “We want to make sure that people are accountable whether it’s local money, state money or federal money.”

West Bancorporation received $36 million on in federal bailout money on Dec. 8, Heartland Financial received $81.7 million on Dec. 10 and MidWestOne received $34.9 million on Dec. 15.