FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: JESSE JACOBS, RIANNA BROWN
Monday, July 16, 2001 202-224-4524

SARBANES ANNOUNCES HEARING ON SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOMINEE


Senator Paul S. Sarbanes, Chairman of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, has announced that the full Committee will hold a hearing on the nomination of Harvey L. Pitt, of North Carolina, to be the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The hearing will be held:

THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2001
10:00 A.M.
538 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

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