Ben Bernanke: “I absolutely agree with Dr. Paul that the Federal Reserve needs to be transparent and it needs to be accountable.”

Although monetary policy is working to promote a more robust recovery, it cannot carry the entire burden of ensuring a speedier return to economic health. The economy's performance both over the near term and the longer run will depend…

Let me just say that we are quite aware of these portfolios, and we are addressing them in at least two ways.

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

We can't defund the police. We need police, but there are concerns about police community relations and police behavior.