Biden to nominate Michael Barr as Fed bank regulator in second attempt to fill post

Apr 16, 2022 View Original Article
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"He understands that this job is not a partisan one, but one that plays a critical role in regulating our nation's financial institutions to ensure Americans are treated fairly and to protect the stability of our economy, Biden added."
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"Sarah Bloom Raskin, Biden's first pick to be the Fed's bank regulator, withdrew her candidacy last month."
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"President Joe Biden will nominate Michael Barr, a former Treasury Department official, to be the Federal Reserve's top regulator in charge of big banks."
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"Barr served as assistant Treasury secretary for financial institutions during the Obama administration, where he helped design the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act."
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"He was instrumental in the passage of Dodd-Frank, to ensure a future financial crisis would not create devastating economic hardship for working families, Biden said in a statement Friday morning accompanying the formal White House aouncement."
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