"We need to end the bailouts in which the Fed has been instrumental, I think, in carrying out over the last 18 months."
"A lot of us think of independence--we put another word in there automatically, that means 'secret' and 'clandestine' and 'serving special interests.'"
"We just want to know what is going on and why and the discussions."
"There is a strong argument now that the more we know about what has been going on in this last year, the more it would have helped the markets."
"We have an obligation, a moral obligation, here in the Congress to know exactly what the agreements are."
"They don't want to make it a political football."
"We shouldn't be afraid of the truth."
"For me, independent usually is a code word for 'secret,' so we can't get the information."
"I am a believer that interest rates, like prices, should be set by the marketplace."
"It seems like we in the Congress should have the responsibility for protecting the public interest by knowing more about what you are doing."
"I think it is in the public interest that we have an unfettered debate within the Open Market Committee..."
"Of course, you know, without an audit we never know."