Rand Paul actually said...

"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank you for holding these hearings because I think they are very important."

"Didn't you find out that we are not supposed to do that around here? We don't have that much concern about it."

"So transparency, how can you be against transparency? But I believe the Congress would be more effective in its oversight of the Federal Reserve if it concentrated much more on outcomes and much less ..."

"It seems like we in the Congress should have the responsibility for protecting the public interest by knowing more about what you are doing."