FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: JESSE JACOBS
Tuesday, June 19, 2001 202-224-4524

COMMITTEE TO HOLD HEARING ON FEDERAL DEPOSIT
INSURANCE CORPORATION NOMINEE


Senator Paul S. Sarbanes, Chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, has announced that the Committee will hold a hearing on the nomination of Donald E. Powell, of Texas, to serve as the Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

The hearing will be held:

TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2001
10:00 A.M.
538 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING


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