Full Committee Hearing

The Implications of Sanctions Relief under the Iran Agreement

Date:   Wednesday, August 5, 2015 Time:   10:00 AM

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The COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct a hearing entitled “The Implications of Sanctions Relief under the Iran Agreement.” The witnesses on Panel I will be: The Honorable Wendy Sherman, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; and Mr. Adam Szubin, Acting Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Crimes. The witnesses on Panel II will be: The Honorable Juan Zarate, Senior Advisor, Transnational Threats Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Mr. Mark Dubowitz, Executive Director, Foundation for Defense of Democracies; Dr. Matthew Levitt, Director of the Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, Washington Institute for Near East Policy; and Ambassador Nicholas Burns, Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of Diplomacy and International Relations, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. All hearings are webcast live and will not be available until the hearing starts. Individuals with disabilities who require an auxiliary aid or service, including closed captioning service for webcast hearings, should contact the committee clerk at 202-224-7391 at least three business days in advance of the hearing date.

Witnesses

Witness Panel 1

  1. The Honorable Wendy Sherman
    Under Secretary for Political Affairs
    United States Department of State
  2. Mr. Adam J. Szubin
    Acting Undersecretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
    Department of the Treasury

Witness Panel 2

  1. Ambassador Nicholas Burns
    Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of Diplomacy and International Relations, John F. Kennedy School of Government
    Harvard University
  2. Mr. Mark Dubowitz
    Executive Director
    Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
  3. Mr. Matthew Levitt
    Director - Terrorism Studies Program
    Washington Institute for Near East Policy
  4. Mr. Juan Carlos Zarate
    Senior Advisor, Transnational Threat Project
    Center for Strategic and International Studies