THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS will meet REMOTELY to conduct a hearing entitled, “21st Century Economy: Protecting the Financial System from Risks Associated with Climate Change.” The witnesses will be: Mr. Gregory Gelzinis, Associate Director for Economic Policy, Center for American Progress; Dr. Nathaniel Keohane, Senior Vice President, Climate, Environmental Defense Fund; Ms. Marilyn Waite, Climate and Clean Energy Finance Program Officer, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; Dr. John Cochrane, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University; and Dr. Benjamin Zycher, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute

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