I believe President Clinton should begin to look for new leadership to head the Federal Reserve System. Raising the living standards and the real wages of ordinary Americans is our primary economic challenge. But the policy of the Federal Reserve under Chairman Alan Greenspan, I regret to say, stands in the way. Mr. President, he should not be renominated.
Discussing the nomination of the next Chairman of the Federal Reserve during Senate floor debate.
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