Bill Foster: “The title of this hearing involves monetary policy, but the subject seems to be the overall health of the economy.”

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

Frankly, when I read about this, it triggered my PTSD from the AIG situation with credit default swaps during the financial crisis.

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.