Bill Foster: “I would like to start by thanking the chairman for having this hearing.”

While the Presidency is often the focus of political pronouncements about macroeconomic conditions, there is no question that it undersells the importance and the independence of the work of the Federal Reserve Board.

I think we should consider adopting this in the coming session of Congress, at least on a temporary basis.

This made the discharge petition much more effective at its intended purpose, which is sort of to operate as a safety valve against, you know, the Speaker's rather dictatorial power.

If you made it anonymous, you would allow Members to sort of probe support for centrist legislation.