FINANCIAL SERVICES WEEK AHEAD JULY 16 to JULY 20
U.S. House of Representatives:
House Financial Services Committee:
Hearing entitled “Examining Capital Regimes for Financial Institutions”
Tuesday, July 17, 2018 2:00 PM in 2128 Rayburn HOB
Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
Click here for the Committee Memorandum.
Witness List
- The Honorable Kevin Fromer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Financial Services Forum
- Mr. Greg Baer, President, The Clearing House Association
- Dr. Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President, American Action Forum
- Mr. Keith A. Noreika, Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Hearing entitled “Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy”
Wednesday, July 18, 2018 10:00 AM in 2128 Rayburn HOB
Full Committee
Witness List
- The Honorable Jerome H. Powell, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Hearing entitled “Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy”
Wednesday, July 18, 2018 10:00 AM in 2128 Rayburn HOB
Full Committee
Witness List
- The Honorable Jerome H. Powell, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Ways and Means:
Hearing on the Effects of Tariffs on U.S. Agriculture and Rural Communities
Wednesday, July 18, 2018, at 2:00 PM in Room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building
Energy and Commerce:
Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
HEARING NOTICE The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will hold a hearing on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Realizing the Benefits of Rural Broadband: Challenges and Solutions.”
Committee on Agriculture:
Full Committee – Public Hearing RE: Cryptocurrencies: Oversight of New Assets in the Digital Age
Wednesday, July 18, 2018 – 10:00 a.m.
1300 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C.
Full Committee – Public Hearing
RE: Cryptocurrencies: Oversight of New Assets in the Digital Age
House Rules Committee:
The Committee on Rules will meet on Monday, July 16, 2018 at 5:00 PM in H-313 The Capitol on the following measure:
- H.R. 6147 — Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 [Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019]
House Floor:
Suspension
H.R. 5846 – Promoting Flood Risk Mitigation Act, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. Earl Blumenauer / Transportation and Infrastructure Committee)
H.R. 6147 — Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 [Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019]
U.S. Senate:
Senate Banking Committee:
THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS 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.
DATE: Tuesday, July 17, 2018
TIME: 10:00 AM
LOCATION: Hart Senate Office Building 216
THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct a hearing on the following nominations: Ms. Kathleen Laura Kraninger, of Ohio, to be Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection; and Ms. Kimberly A. Reed, of West Virginia, to be President of the Export-Import Bank.
DATE: Thursday, July 19, 2018
TIME: 10:00 AM
LOCATION: Dirksen Senate Office Building 538
Senate Finance Committee:
Trade and Commerce at U.S. Ports of Entry
Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness
Date: Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Time: 02:30 PM
Location: 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building
PANEL ONE
The Honorable Kevin K. McAleenan
Commissioner
U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
Washington , DC
PANEL TWO
Mr. Sergio Contreras
Chair – Elect
Border Trade Alliance
Weslaco , TX
The Honorable Pete Saenz
Chairman Elect, Mayor
Texas Border Coalition, City of Laredo
Austin , TX
Mr. Kurt J. Nagle
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Association of Port Authorities
Alexandria , VA
Ms. Mary Ann Bucci
Executive Director
Port of Pittsburgh Commission
Homeland Security and Government Affairs:
Reviewing the Administration’s Government Reorganization Proposal
Full Committee Hearing
Location: SD-342, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Witnesses
- The Honorable Margaret Weichert
Deputy Director for Management
Office of Management and Budget
Special Committee on Aging:
“Supporting Economic Stability and Self-Sufficiency as Americans with Disabilities and their Families Age”
Date: Wednesday, July 18, 2018Add to my CalendarTime: 09:30 AMLocation: Dirksen Senate Office Building 562
Witnesses:
Kelly Nye-Lengerman, Ph.D., MSW, LGSW
Research Associate
University of Minnesota
Benjamin Wright
Father And Business Owner
Edward Mitchell
Independent Living Specialist
Jack Stollsteimer
Deputy State Treasurer For Consumer Programs
Pennsylvania Office of the State Treasurer
Senate Floor:
Quarles Confirmation:
- Executive Calendar #595, Randal Quarles, of Colorado, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve;
- Executive Calendar #892, Andrew S. Oldham, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit; and
- Executive Calendar #903, Ryan Wesley Bounds, of Oregon, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.
Those nominations will be considered next week. By the rules, the first, in relation to the Quarles nomination, will take place an hour after the Senate convenes on Tuesday. If cloture is invoked on a nomination, the Senate will begin to burn up to 30 hours of post-cloture time prior to a confirmation vote and then the ripening of the next cloture petition. If cloture is not invoked on a nomination, the Senate will immediately vote on the next cloture petition.
Around Town:
07/20/18 12:00 PM EST
Business Council for International Understanding briefing with new ambassador to EU
The Business Council for International Understanding holds a briefing with the Ambassador of the United States to the European Union Gordon Sondland.
