Economic Policy
Joint Center Testifies During Congressional Hearing ‘To Examine Empowering Main Street By Unlocking Access To Capital’
August 6, 2026
Joint Center Senior Researcher Cantrell Dumas testified during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled “Hearings To Examine Empowering Main Street By Unlocking Access To Capital.”
Other witnesses who testified were Dalia Blass, Senior Investment Management Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell; The Honorable Kenneth Bentsen, President and CEO, SIFMA; and Mike Flood, Senior Vice President, Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness, U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Watch Dumas’ testimony below, and the full congressional hearing here.

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