Full Committee Hearing

Building a Resilient Economy: Shoring Up Supply

Date:   Tuesday, March 22, 2022 Time:   10:15 AM Location:   Dirksen Senate Office Building 538

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THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS will meet in OPEN SESSION, HYBRID FORMAT to conduct a hearing entitled, “Building a Resilient Economy: Shoring Up Supply.” The witnesses will be: The Honorable William E. Spriggs, Professor of Economics at Howard University and Chief Economist at the AFL-CIO; Dr. Betsey Stevenson, Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the University of Michigan; and Dr. Erica R.H. Fuchs, Professor of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University; Dr. Veronique de Rugy, George Gibbs Chair in Political Economy at the Mercatus Center, George Mason University; and Dr. Phil Levy, Chief Economist, Flexport.

Pursuant to guidance from the CDC and OAP, Senate office buildings are not open to the public other than official business visitors and credentialed press at this time. Accordingly, in-person visitors cannot be accommodated at this briefing. We encourage the public to utilize the Committee’s livestream of the hearing, available on the website at http://www.banking.senate.gov.

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Member Statements

  1. Chairman Sherrod Brown (D - Ohio)
  2. Ranking Member Patrick J. Toomey (R - Pennsylvania)

Witnesses

  1. The Honorable William E. Spriggs
    Professor of Economics and Chief Economist
    Howard University and AFL-CIO
  2. Dr. Betsey Stevenson
    Professor of Public Policy and Economics
    University of Michigan
  3. Dr. Erica R.H. Fuchs
    Professor of Engineering and Public Policy
    Carnegie Mellon University
  4. Dr. Veronique de Rugy
    George Gibbs Chair in Political Economy at the Mercatus Center
    George Mason University
  5. Dr. Phil Levy
    Chief Economist
    Flexport