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Pat McHenry: “I changed my mind and I came to the conclusion that the Federal Reserve fell down badly on the job.”

On the recordFebruary 15, 2011
I changed my mind and I came to the conclusion that the Federal Reserve fell down badly on the job.
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Pat McHenry
Republican · North Carolina

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McHenry reflects on the Federal Reserve's failures during the crisis.

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