Rand Paul: “I would hate to think they were the first ones to warn us. I think…”

On the recordFebruary 8, 2011

I would hate to think they were the first ones to warn us. I think they were the last ones to even recognize what was going on.

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Paul criticized the Fed for being slow to recognize the economic downturn.

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