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On the recordMarch 26, 2012
The Federal Reserve System was created in 1913 to 'provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system.'
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Cummings outlines the purpose of the Federal Reserve System.

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