Sarah Bloom Raskin, nominee to be vice chairman for supervision and a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, speaks before a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on February 3, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Ken Cedeno-Pool/Getty Images)
Two of the most critical issues facing Americans today—energy production and inflation—have added high stakes drama to what is normally a routine and arcane process: the Senate confirmation…