Ben Bernanke said...

I sincerely believe our central bank's actions have provided critical support for our Nation's economic recovery.

The economy needed help from Congress--if not from additional spending (on roads and bridges for example), then at least...

If we are really interested in growing the economy, what we need to do is demonstrate that we can govern.

monetary policy is not a panacea, so there is still plenty of room for Congress to address some of these problems