WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Andy Kim issued the following press release:

Today, Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ), member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, released the following statement after Republican members of the Senate Banking Committee voted to advance Kevin Warsh, President Trump's nominee for Chair of the Federal Reserve. This is the first-ever partisan party line committee vote for Chair of the Federal Reserve in the Committee's history.

"Let's call this out for exactly what it is: a corrupt scheme by Donald Trump to manipulate the Fed to work for him, and not the American people. And Senate Republicans are helping him get away with it.

"This vote never should have happened. Trump admitted himself this ...