Biden taps Rostin Behnam as acting CFTC chair
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Aaron Nicodemus2021-01-22T17:33:00
The commissioners of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission unanimously elected Democrat Rostin Behnam to serve as the agency’s acting chairman.
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