Full Committee Hearing

The Dignity of Work

Date:   Thursday, April 29, 2021 Time:   10:00 AM Location:   Remote

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THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS will meet REMOTELY to conduct a hearing entitled, “The Dignity of Work.” The witnesses will be: Ms. Heather McGhee, Author “The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together”; Ms. Lisa Donner, Executive Director, Americans for Financial Reform; Dr. Trevon Logan, Hazel C. Youngberg Trustees Distinguished Professor of Economics, The Ohio State University; Mr. Andrew Puzder, Former CEO, CKE Restaurants; and Mr. Vivek Ramaswamy, Entrepreneur and Author of Woke, Inc..

Pursuant to guidance from the CDC and OAP, Senate office buildings are not open to the public other than official business visitors and credentialed press at this time. Accordingly, in-person visitors cannot be accommodated at this hearing. We encourage the public to utilize the Committee’s livestream of the hearing, available on the website at http://www.banking.senate.gov.

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Member Statements

  1. Chairman Sherrod Brown (D - Ohio)
  2. Ranking Member Patrick J. Toomey (R - Pennsylvania)

Witnesses

  1. Ms. Heather McGhee
    Author
    “The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together”
  2. Ms. Lisa Donner
    Executive Director
    Americans for Financial Reform
  3. Dr. Trevon Logan
    Hazel C. Youngberg Trustees Distinguished Professor of Economics
    The Ohio State University
  4. Mr. Andrew Puzder
    Former CEO
    CKE Restaurants
  5. Mr. Vivek Ramaswamy
    Entrepreneur and Author of Woke, Inc.