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On the recordFebruary 12, 2004
The job of the Fed is to set monetary policy, and I believe that when the Fed strays from that into other areas that we get in trouble.
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Jim Bunning
Republican · Kentucky

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Stating the Fed's role should be limited to monetary policy.

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