Ben Bernanke actually said...

I think everything in the bill is basically fine except for getting rid of this exemption for monetary policy deliberations and operations.

Bernanke emphasizes the importance of exempting monetary policy from oversight.

07/17/2012

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I have--you know, it is easy to criticize, but the politics is very difficult.

an important restraint on growth

I absolutely agree with Dr. Paul that the Federal Reserve needs to be transparent and it needs to be accountable.

Monetary policy can't do much about longer-term growth.