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Dan Coats: It seems to me sometimes too much attention is focused on what the Fed should do when it is not within the Fed's purview…

On the recordOctober 3, 2011
It seems to me sometimes too much attention is focused on what the Fed should do when it is not within the Fed's purview of doing; it is in ours; and we are deflecting the blame over to you.
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Dan Coats
Republican · Indiana

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Coats emphasizes the need for Congress to take responsibility instead of blaming the Fed.

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