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Jack Reed: “Giving more presidential and congressional accountability to this key figure in the financial system would go a very…”

On the recordMarch 2, 2015
Giving more presidential and congressional accountability to this key figure in the financial system would go a very long way to ensuring that the public can participate, appropriately, in the governance of its central bank.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Jack Reed supports presidential accountability for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York president.

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