the European situation is one of the major threats to our being able to continue our recovery.

So, in fact, the IMF, to date, has not had any net negative impact on the American taxpayer.

But it was a profit for the American Treasury?

Last question: There has been a lot of concern about American banks' exposure to European financial institutions with credit default swaps, etc.

Before I reduce Social Security payments to elderly people... I think we should withdraw from Afghanistan.

Our policy will be when Mr. Bernanke comes back for his second appearance this year, we will begin where we left off.

Mr. Chairman, thank you for that implicit refutation of the notion that the financial reform bill is causing people all of these terrible problems.

I support the President's decision to withdraw troops from Iraq...

I regard the enactment of Social Security and Medicare as two of the great accomplishments of this country in the 20th Century.

These days it's gotcha this, gotcha that, and gotcha journalism and gotcha politics.

this notion that the Director cannot be removed is fanciful.