FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

CONTACT: Jesse Jacobs

Thursday, December 6, 2001

202-224-4524



HUD SECRETARY MARTINEZ TO APPEAR
BEFORE BANKING COMMITTEE


Senator Paul S. Sarbanes, the Chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, has announced that The Honorable Mel Martinez, Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development, will appear before the full Committee to discuss "Housing and Community Development Needs in America."

The hearing will be held:

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2001
10:00 A.M.
538 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING



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