THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct a hearing entitled “Facilitating Faster Payments in the U.S.” The witnesses will be: Ms. Esther L. George, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City; Mr. Robert Hunter, Executive Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel, The Clearing House; Mr. George Selgin, Senior Fellow and Director, CATO Institute; Mr. Bob Steen, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bridge Community Bank, on behalf of the Independent Community Bankers of America; and The Honorable Sheila C. Bair, Former Chair, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 

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