the bipartisan BP Spill Commission led by William Reilly, who was the EPA Administrator under George Bush I, has given the Congress a D for ...
I think that is just a mistake, and it is not that bankers are bad people or others.
The Republicans have been in power since January 2011 and have done zero on Fannie and Freddie.
The constitutionality of my provision is what it says in the Constitution, that important government officers should be appointed by the Pre...
I think it is a terrible mistake to require all of the Federal Reserve Bank presidents to be appointed and confirmed by the Senate.
I understand that, but I assume that is what you wanted when you voted not to subject them to the appropriations process.
I think it will be less independent as a Fed, because as you know, the regional bank presidents have an independent staff...
That is a very good question and proves why we shouldn't pass the bill.
There ought to be a broader representation.
I have a fundamental belief in the electorate ultimately making the decisions.
I think it should be a government entity.
I would be concerned about how you would do that statutorily.
I do not think that private citizens should pick other private citizens with no intervention from any electoral process.
The biggest power the Federal Reserve had to intervene freely with Section 13.
I think that if you said that--now, there is an alternative in terms of the regional presidents, which would have them Senate-confirmed, I t...
I wouldn't say 'sinister.' I don't think the people on the Federal Reserve regional boards... are people of good will, but it has an obvious...
I agree, but not by keeping interest rates in general down, but by explicitly refusing to follow the mandate this Congress gave the Federal ...
But let me just say, I think that is especially the case with regard to military activity. In my 32 years here, when I have seen, I said, ge...
