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Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today announced the committee’s hearing schedule for this week.

Wednesday, April 22 at 10:00 A.M.- The Task Force to Investigate Terrorism Financing will hold its first hearing:  “A Survey of Global Terrorism and Terrorist Financing.”   

The Task Force, created earlier this year by the committee, is working on improving U.S. efforts to choke off terrorist financing.

The hearing will take place in room HVC-210 of the Capitol Visitor Center.

Witnesses invited to appear at this hearing are:

Juan C. Zarate, Senior Adviser, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Chairman and Senior Counselor, Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Dr. Jonathan Schanzer, Vice President for Research, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Seth G. Jones, Director, International Security and Defense Policy Center, RAND Corporation

Thursday, April 23 at 9:15 A.M.- The Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee will continue its look at the regulatory burdens on community financial institutions and how those burdens impact consumers.  This week’s hearing will examine regulatory burdens from the regulators’ perspective. 

Witnesses invited to appear at this hearing are:

Toney Bland, Senior Deputy Comptroller, Office of the Comptroller of Currency
Charles G. Cooper, Commissioner, Texas Department of Banking
Doreen Eberley, Director, Division of Risk Management Supervision, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Larry Fazio, Director, Office of Examination and Insurance, National Credit Union Administration
Maryann Hunter, Deputy Director, Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation, Federal Reserve Board · David Silberman, Associate Director, Office of Research, Markets & Regulations, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The hearing will take place in room HVC-210 of the Capitol Visitor Center.

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