"Because when the Fed talks about independence, what they are really talking about is secrecy, not transparency."
"You can't amend the Constitution by just saying we are going to create some secret group of individuals and banks."
"We have had trouble for 5 years. The monetary system, you say this is not the be-all and end-all."
"It is my opinion that ENDA as it stands now, in the form of Senate bill 811, would impose a substantial unconstitutional burden on religious organizations."
"I think at this point, a short, legal history might be in order."
"In essence, here is my objection. No. 1, it is an apples and oranges ratcheting of Senate bill 811 to title VII."
"Those kinds of inquiries, of course, raise excessive entanglement problems under the Establishment Clause, and the Supreme Court noted that."
"Furthermore, it would interfere with their ability to effectively pursue their missions."
"America is in the driver's seat in trade negotiations, but we have given the wheel to Wall Street."
"Numbers don't lie. We have given control of this international trade policy to elites that have not just run the car into a ditch, they have run it over the cliff and down into the Grand Canyon: The m..."
"I look forward to the day when we have balanced trade. If we had balanced trade, we would have a labor shortage in this country, and rising wages."
"The American people know that the trade policy of the United States is destroying the American middle class."