Nominations of Mark W. Olson, Susan Schmidt Bies, James E. Gilleran, Allan I. Mendelowitz, Franz S. Leichter, John T. Korsmo, Eduardo Aguirre, Jr., and Randall S. Kroszner : hearings before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, first session on nominations of Mark W. Olson, of Minnesota, to be a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Susan Schmidt Bies, of Tennessee, to be a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; James E. Gilleran, of California, to be the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision; Allan I. Mendelowitz, of Connecticut, Franz S. Leichter, of New York, and John T. Korsmo, of North Dakota, to be Directors of the Federal Housing Finance Board; Eduardo Aguirre, Jr., of Texas, to be First Vice President and Vice Chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States; Randall S. Kroszner, of Illinois, to be a member of the Council of Economic Advisers, October 17, 23, and November 15, 2001.