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picked a pair of veteran regulators strongly backed by progressive Democrats to lead two key Wall Street watchdogs […]

Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler will be nominated to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission and Federal Trade Commission member Rohit Chopra is being tapped to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Discussed Gensler briefly at the beginning of the transition:

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That person is on today’s list:

Federal Reserve, Banking and Securities Regulators
Gary Gensler, Team Lead – [MIT] – Volunteer

And Chopra briefly just now:

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It is a good pick. He used to be assistant director of the CFPB and has been involved in student-loan reform.

and here:

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here is Rohit in his own words, fifteen years ago: