POLITICO, November 22, 2021, Biden’s Winding Road To Filling Key Posts Frustrates Supporters
The contentious nomination hearing for Cornell Law Professor Saule Omarova left administration friends and foes alike wondering, “What is going on at the White House with financial nominations?”
Republicans are vehemently opposed to Omarova’s nomination, with some pointing to her background growing up in the then-Soviet state of Kazakhstan and her education at Moscow State University to insinuate she has communist leanings.
“If you were going to pick this fight, you needed to be better organized and come out swinging,” said Jesse Van Tol, president and CEO of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, which supports Omarova’s nomination. “And they didn’t.”
