Washington (AFP) – President Joe Biden’s nominees to serve on the Federal Reserve’s powerful board of governors were greeted at a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday with praise from Democrats and skepticism from Republicans, who questioned their qualifications and views on climate change. The appearance before the Senate Banking Committee was the first by the three racially diverse candidates whom Biden announced last month to fill the empty seats on the seven-member board, which will lead the world’s most influential central bank as it deals with a historic inflation spike and the economy’s…