Bill Foster: “I think if anybody needs to be brought to task, it is perhaps the Congress of the United States and this committee for…”

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 conclude, as you are actively studying it, that you need more visibility into certain areas of, particularly nonbank things that may be parts of the chain of contagion, please let us know, because it is our job to avoid the next…

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

The good news is that macroeconomic policy is working as designed.