The Federal Housing Finance Agency employee who accused the agency's head, Mel Watt, of sexual misconduct, wants the Senate Banking Committee to hear her allegations publicly. The employee, Simone Grimes, sent a letter to Senators Mike Crapo and Sherrod Brown, according to the trade publication Inside Mortgage Finance. Grimes' lawyer said she wants a public hearing to discuss her complaint. The House Financial Services Committee is expected to hold an FHFA oversight hearing about FHFA by the end of September. Watt issued a statement in July saying he had not "done anything contrary to law."