June 2, 2015. UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS met in OPEN SESSION to conduct a hearing entitled “Perspectives on the Export-Import Bank of the United States.” The witnesses were: Dr. Michael R. Strain, Deputy Director of Economic Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research; Dr. Veronique de Rugy, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University; Mr. Daniel Ikenson, Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute; Mr. John G. Murphy, Senior Vice President for International Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; and Ms. Linda M. Dempsey, Vice President of International Economic Affairs, National Association of Manufacturers