The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Rostin Behnam to be chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the same day President Joe Biden announced his intention to nominate two to Republican commissioner openings at the agency.
Behnam, a Democrat, was named acting CFTC chair in January. Though his term at the agency expired in June, he remained on through his nomination to be reappointed as full-time chair announced by Biden in September.
