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Senate to hold Fed confirmation hearings for Warsh

Bessent urged the committee to proceed with Warsh’s hearings and said he had proposed a separate committee investigation of the Fed renovation.

Senate to hold Fed confirmation hearings for Warsh
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Senate Banking Committee would proceed with confirmation hearings for Kevin Warsh, despite Sen. Thom Tillis’s hold on a vote while a Justice Department investigation of Jerome Powell continues. The White House had not yet sent Warsh’s formal nomination to the Senate.

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Scott Bessent
R · Secretary of the Treasury

Treasury Secretary urging hearings and proposing a Senate Banking Committee investigation

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Thom Tillis
R · NC · SEN

Senator maintaining a hold on a vote on Fed nominees

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President who selected Warsh to lead the Federal Reserve

Former President mentioned in Bessent’s comparison of inflation

Kevin Warsh
Chair of the Federal Reserve

President Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve

Tim Scott
R · SC · SEN

Senate Banking Committee chairman

Federal Reserve chair whose renovation project is under investigation

ALSO MENTIONED  Jeanine Pirro, U.S. attorney leading the investigation of Powell; Kush Desai, White House spokesman

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