{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.roberts.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2018/11/senator-roberts-senate-confirms-nomination-of-kansan-michelle-bowman-to-the-board-of-governors-of-the-federal-reserve-system", "Senator Roberts: Senate Confirms Nomination of Kansan Michelle Bowman to the  Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System", "2018-11-15", "2018", "2018-11", "Republican", "House", "KS", "Pat Roberts", "R000307", "www.roberts.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, DC  U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) today announced the Senate has confirmed the nomination of Kansan Michelle Miki Bowman to be a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The final vote was 64-34.\r\nWe must continue progress in providing regulatory relief to our nation's community banks, Roberts said. Community banks did not cause the financial crisis, and should not be regulated as if they did. Miki understands where the pain points are for community banks, and will be a strong advocate for commonsense, risk-based regulation.\r\nIn 2015, Congress mandated that at least one seat on the Federal Reserve Board be designated for a community banking specialist.\r\nBowman currently serves as the Kansas State Bank Commissioner, where she oversees hundreds of financial institutions in Kansas. She is also involved in her family's cattle and farm operation.\r\nPrior to moving back to Kansas in 2010 to work for Farmers & Drovers Bank, Bowman worked in Washington, D.C. for Kansas' native son, Senator Bob Dole, served as counsel on the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and served in the Bush Administration at the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Homeland Security.\r\n-30-", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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.roberts.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2018/11/senator-roberts-senate-confirms-nomination-of-kansan-michelle-bowman-to-the-board-of-governors-of-the-federal-reserve-system"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9188039693981409, "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"}