should the American people not be concerned that your agency can spend hundreds of millions of dollars each year, employ 1,500 Federal bureaucrats who have the power to directly impact the personal finances of every single American, and…

the ability--you have to understand that what the Bureau does actually affects the ability of the American people to get access to credit to be able to go out and achieve their dreams.

The last election, I believe, was a testament to the frustration that the American people had about their economic circumstances, but I think that frustration is more properly directed at Congress instead of the Fed.

When the Federal Reserve was created in 1913, Congress set price stability as the Fed's principal objective.

I cannot accept that the United States Government can't do anything. I cannot accept that.

I write to direct your attention to the now months-long imprisonment of Mr. Joshua Anthony Holt, a resident of Riverton, Utah, who has been held without trial in a Venezuelan jail since June 2016, and request that you take action and…

Thank you for being here today. I always find myself pinching myself whenever we are in a hearing with you because of the importance of what we are doing here.

We can do a lot better in our--

when the Federal Reserve ventures out of monetary policy, and they expand into regulatory policies and practices, they actually hurt parts of the financial world that had nothing to do with financial crisis.

I am here today to speak on behalf of H.R. 4087, the Fair Treatment for Families of Veterans Act.

I agree with my colleague on the other side of the aisle, Representative Scott, when he talks about the large number of unemployment with our young Black Americans.