President Biden announces picks to fill CFTC vacancies
All CFTC nominations must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate in a simple majority vote. U.S. President Joe Biden has tapped acting chairperson of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Rostin Behnam to assume his position on a permanent basis, as well as two others to fill vacant commissioner seats.In a Monday announcement from the White House, President Biden said he planned to nominate Behnam — who has been serving as lead at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, since former chair Heath Tarbert left in January — in addition to Kristin Johnson and Christy Goldsmith Romero.....
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