Michael Barr is Vice Chair for Supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. As a member of the Board of Governors Barr has a permanent vote on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).

Earlier post from his testimony prepared for delivery Tuesday to the Senate Banking committee is here:

Reuters have a bit of a recap up if you'd like a little more:

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