"The statement that the U.S. economy is at or near full employment pertains to the national economy."
"Now just recently my friends on the other side of the isle have proposed repealing the Affordable Care Act, which will reduce revenues by $350 billion over the next decade."
"They have proposed a tax plan that would reduce Federal revenue more than 2 trillion dollars."
"I think we refuse to actually take a long hard look at our Federal budget to see what simply doesn't make sense anymore."
"the Committee's 2 percent inflation objective is not a ceiling."
"We would certainly welcome a nomination."
"We are carrying that out."
"I think too-big-to-fail is a less significant problem now than it was before."
"It is important that they remain healthy. Reducing regulatory burden, it is important."
"I have certainly never been pressured in any way by the Administration."
"I consider a 12 basis point difference to be really quite small and in line with the general level of interest rates."
"I do believe we have the legal authority to do it."