June 26, 2015

Shelby Announces Upcoming Banking Committee Schedule

WASHINGTON, DC – Friday, June 26, 2015 – U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, today announced the Committee hearing schedule for the weeks of July 6th and July 13th. 

Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Full Committee Hearing: “The Role of the Financial Stability Board in the U.S. Regulatory Framework”

Witnesses: The Honorable Dirk Kempthorne, President and CEO, American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI); Mr. Eugene Scalia, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Mr. Paul Schott Stevens, President and CEO, Investment Company Institute (ICI); and The Honorable Peter J. Wallison, Arthur F. Burns Fellow in Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute (AEI).  Additional witnesses may be announced at a later date.

Time and Location: 10:00 a.m. in room 538 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Full Committee Hearing: “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Semi-Annual Report to Congress”

Witness: The Honorable Richard Cordray, Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Time and Location: 10:00 a.m. in room 538 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, July 16, 2015
Full Committee Hearing: “The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress"

Witness: The Honorable Janet L. Yellen, Chair, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Time and Location: 2:30 p.m. in room 538 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building

Note:  All hearings are webcast live on http://www.banking.senate.gov.  Testimony and archived video will be posted on http://banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Home.

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