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U.S. Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen speaks during an event to name then-President-elect Joe Biden’s economic team at the Queen Theater in Wilmington, Del., on Dec. 1, 2020. Alex Wong/Getty Images
WASHINGTON—During her Senate confirmation hearing on Jan. 19, Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen championed President Joe Biden’s economic policies and urged lawmakers to provide further fiscal support to avert “a longer, more painful recession.”
“Over the next few months, we are going to need more aid,” Yellen said in her opening remarks.
Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
