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Byron Dorgan: One to the Fed: Get your foot off the brake and let the economy grow. Second to Congress: Pass the Federal Reserve bill…

On the recordFebruary 10, 1994
One to the Fed: Get your foot off the brake and let the economy grow. Second to Congress: Pass the Federal Reserve bill and stop people from voting down at the Open Market Committee who are not accountable to the American people. Third: We have two vacancies on the Federal Reserve Board. I ask the President to appoint people to the Federal Reserve Board who understand the price of groceries and the cost of living. Appoint my Uncle Joe, for that matter. Or appoint some people who believe that we should start this economic engine, and get it running, in order to provide new jobs, opportunity, and new economic growth.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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The speaker addresses the need for economic growth and appointments to the Federal Reserve Board.

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