FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: CHRISTI HARLAN
Friday, February 19, 1999 202-224-0894

CHAIRMAN GRAMM ANNOUNCES WITNESSES
FOR LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS
ON FINANCIAL SERVICES MODERNIZATION

Tuesday, February 23, 1999 10 a.m., Room 106, Dirksen Senate Building

The Honorable Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Federal Reserve Board (Chairman Greenspan's testimony on financial services will follow his delivery of the Humphrey-Hawkins report on monetary policy.)

Wednesday, February 24, 1999 10:00 a.m., Room 106, Dirksen Senate Building

The Honorable Robert E. Rubin, Secretary of the Treasury

Panel:

The Honorable John D. Hawke, Jr. Comptroller of the Currency

The Honorable James L. Pledger Commissioner Texas Savings and Loan Department American Council of State Savings Supervisors

The Honorable Ellen S. Seidman Director Office of Thrift Supervision

The Honorable George Nichols III Commissioner of Insurance State of Kentucky National Association of Insurance Commissioners

The Honorable Arthur Levitt, Jr. Chairman Securities and Exchange Commission

The Honorable Thomas E. Geyer Commissioner, Division of Securities State of Ohio North American Securities Administrators Association

The Honorable Donna A. Tanoue Chairman Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

The Honorable Catherine A. Ghiglieri Commissioner Texas Department of Banking Council of State Bank Supervisors

Thursday, February 25, 1999 10:00 a.m., Room 538, Dirksen Senate Building

Witnesses

Mr. Michael Patterson Vice President J.P. Morgan and Company New York, New York Financial Services Council National Association of Mutual Insurance

Ms. E. Lee Beard President and CEO First Federal Bank Hazleton, Pennsylvania America's Community Bankers

Mr. William L. McQuillin President City National Bank Greeley, Nebraska Independent Bankers Association of America

Mr. Robert W. Gillespie Chairman and CEO KeyCorp Cleveland, Ohio The Bankers Roundtable

Mr. Marc E. Lackritz President Securities Industry Association

Mr. James D. Ericson President and CEO Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Milwaukee, Wisconsin American Council of Life Insurance, Naional Association of Mutual Insurance Companies National Association of Independent Insurers American Insurance Association

Mr. Jeff Tassey Senior Vice President American Financial Services Association

Mr. Scott A. Sinder Independent Insurance Agents of America National Association of Life Underwriters National Association of Professional Insurance Agents

Mr. John G. Finneran, Jr. Senior Vice President and General Counsel Capital One Financial Corporation Falls Church, Virginia Association of Financial Services Holding Companies

Mr. Edward L. Yingling Deputy Executive Vice President American Bankers Association

Parties who would like to submit written comments should deliver 30 copies to the Banking Committee office, Room 534, Dirksen Senate Building, no later than 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25.

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