Full Committee Hearing

Empowering Main Street by Unlocking Access to Capital

Date:   Thursday, August 6, 2026 Add to my Calendar Time:   10:15 AM Location:   Dirksen Senate Office Building 538

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Topic

THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS will meet in OPEN SESSION, HYBRID FORMAT to conduct a hearing entitled, “Empowering Main Street by Unlocking Access to Capital.” The witnesses will be: Ms. Dalia Blass, Senior Investment Management Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell; The Honorable Kenneth Bentsen, President and CEO, SIFMA; Mr. Mike Flood, Senior Vice President, Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; and Mr. Cantrell Dumas, Senior Researcher for Financial Regulation and Policy, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.

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Witnesses

  1. Ms. Dalia Blass
    Senior Investment Management Partner
    Sullivan & Cromwell
  2. The Honorable Kenneth Bentsen
    President and CEO
    SIFMA
  3. Mr. Mike Flood
    Senior Vice President
    Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
  4. Mr. Cantrell Dumas
    Senior Researcher for Financial Regulation and Policy
    Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies