US Senate Banking Committee to hold SEC commissioner nomination hearing on November 19

The U.S. Senate Banking Committee will hold a nomination hearing on November 19 to consider Kristin N. Johnson and Steven Levine for seats on the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to a committee announcement dated November 13. The same hearing will also cover nominations for Administrator of the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration and two Treasury Department positions. The public session is scheduled to follow the committee's closed-door vote on other nominations. The hearing matters because it sets up the next steps in filling SEC commissioner roles, which shape the agency's regulatory agenda. What to watch next is whether the committee advances Johnson and Levine to a full Senate confirmation vote.