{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hagerty.senate.gov/press-releases/2026/04/22/icymi-hagerty-joins-squawk-box-on-cnbc-to-discuss-kevin-warshs-nomination-federal-reserve-leadership/", "ICYMI\u2014Hagerty Joins\u00a0Squawk Box\u00a0on CNBC to Discuss Kevin Warsh\u2019s Nomination, Federal Reserve Leadership", "2026-04-22", "2026", "2026-04", "Republican", "Senate", "TN", "Bill Hagerty", "H000601", "www.hagerty.senate.gov", "hagerty", "https://www.hagerty.senate.gov/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON\u2014 Today, United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, joined Squawk Box on CNBC to discuss Kevin Warsh\u2019s nomination to lead the Federal Reserve, the confirmation process, and the need to restore focus at the Fed.\n\nPartial Transcript\n\nHagerty on Kevin Warsh\u2019s confirmation hearing: \u201cI think Kevin Warsh did an outstanding job. It was a textbook performance. He answered everything. He had actually some very disrespectful questions from the ranking member. And he never let it get under his skin. Steady, disciplined, exactly what you want in a Fed chairman. I think he performed very well.\u201d\n\nHagerty on bipartisan support for Warsh: \u201cThere may be other off-ramps that are under discussion [to move out of committee], but one thing that\u2019s very obvious, Kevin Warsh has been confirmed in the past on a bipartisan basis. Members of this committee have voted for Kevin Warsh for the Fed Governor before this chairman position. I hope that they\u2019ll see the necessity of getting somebody as competent as Kevin into the position, and we can move forward with Democrat votes as well. That shouldn\u2019t be off the table, but given the partisan behavior of Chuck Schumer and the leadership, you think about shutting down the government in the fall for such an extended record-breaking period of time, what they\u2019ve done to the Department of Homeland Security. I think it\u2019s a reasonable question whether he\u2019ll be seated, but I certainly hope that everybody will come to their senses and realize that Kevin is the man for the moment. He\u2019s the person to bring the Fed back into its lane and get our economy moving in the right direction.\u201d\n\nHagerty on bipartisan paths through committee: \u201cOf course, it\u2019s possible. The ranking member doesn\u2019t indicate any, don\u2019t hold your breath. I wouldn\u2019t hold my breath. But it\u2019s certainly possible. I passed the GENIUS Act out of the same committee with completely bipartisan support. Senator [Elizabeth] Warren was against it, but she held five Democrats with her. Five Democrats came over and voted with me and all the Republicans to pass the stablecoin legislation, the GENIUS Act, just last year. It is certainly possible to get a bipartisan result here.\u201d\n\nHagerty on Jay Powell\u2019s future at the Fed: \u201cIt\u2019s not typical. And if I were in Jay\u2019s shoes, certainly I\u2019m not, but if I were, it would be a good time to go ahead and depart. As was said earlier, it\u2019s probably not going to be a very pleasant environment to stick around again. I think we need to get a new chairman into position. Kevin is ready to do it. He\u2019s the man for the moment. As I said yesterday, my view is let\u2019s get it on. Let\u2019s move forward.\u201d\n\nHagerty on whether Powell could stay on the Board: \u201cHe should be allowed. I think it would be Jay Powell\u2019s choice to do that. Again, historically, that\u2019s not been the case. This is typical in most [of] corporate America, when a CEO and chair retires, they generally give the new person, the new leader, the runway to move forward. And I think that would be the appropriate thing to do. But again, it\u2019ll be up to Chairman Powell.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-23T05:48:52Z", "2026-04-23T05:50:10Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.hagerty.senate.gov/press-releases/2026/04/22/icymi-hagerty-joins-squawk-box-on-cnbc-to-discuss-kevin-warshs-nomination-federal-reserve-leadership/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6342539563775063, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}