THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS will meet in EXECUTIVE SESSION to consider the following nominations:  Dr. Mark Anthony Calabria, of Virginia, to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency; Mr. Bimal Patel, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; Mr. Todd M. Harper, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Credit Union Administration Board; The Honorable Rodney Hood, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the National Credit Union Administration Board; Dr. Dino Falaschetti, of Montana, to be Director, Office of Financial Research, U.S. Department of the Treasury; The Honorable Spencer Bachus III, of Alabama, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank;  Ms. Judith DelZoppo Pryor, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank;  Ms. Kimberly A. Reed, of West Virginia, to be President of the Export-Import Bank;  Mr. Seth Appleton, of Missouri, to be an Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; and Mr. Robert Hunter Kurtz, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Additional nominees may be added at a later date. Following the EXECUTIVE SESSION, the Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct a hearing on “The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress.”  The witness will be The Honorable Jerome H. Powell, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

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