U.S. Senate Banking Committee hearing on the nomination of Michael S. Barr to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors | Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Type: Public event

U.S. Senate Banking Committee hearing on the nomination of Michael S. Barr to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Speaker

Michael S. Barr

Date & time

May 19, 2022, 10:00 am EDT

Location

This is a Virtual Event.
Photo of Michael Barr speaking to the Senate banking committee in May 2022.
Barr speaks to the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Development, May 2022 (Official U.S. Senate photo by Rebecca Hammel)

The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs will meet in open session (hybrid format) to conduct a hearing on the following nominations: The Honorable Michael S. Barr, of Michigan, to be a Member and Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Mr. Jaime E. Lizárraga, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission; and Mr. Mark Toshiro Uyeda, of California, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

Visit the committee's website to watch the hearing.

Attendance / accessibility information from the U.S. Senate Banking Committee

Pursuant to guidance from the CDC and OAP, Senate office buildings are not open to the public other than official business visitors and credentialed press at this time. Accordingly, in-person visitors cannot be accommodated at this briefing. We encourage the public to utilize the Committee’s livestream of the hearing, available on the website at http://www.banking.senate.gov.

All hearings are webcast live and will not be available until the hearing starts. Individuals with disabilities who require an auxiliary aid or service, including closed captioning service for webcast hearings, should contact the committee clerk at 202-224-7391 at least three business days in advance of the hearing date.

Michael S. Barr portrait

Faculty Expert

Michael S. Barr

Frank Murphy Collegiate Professor of Public Policy; Roy F. and Jean Humphrey Proffitt Professor of Law
Barr is a governor and vice chair for supervision of the Federal Reserve Board, currently on leave from the University of Michigan. At U-M, Barr conducted research and wrote about a wide range of issues in domestic and international financial regulation, with a particular emphasis on financial services for low-income communities. He served in President Barack H. Obama's Administration as the U.S. Department of the Treasury's assistant secretary for financial institutions, and was a key architect of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.