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By RonPaul.com on May 16, 2009
Two days after economics professor and CFR member Thomas F. Cooley’s Forbes.com column in defense of the Federal Reserve generated a firestorm of comments, Ron Paul was given the opportunity to present his point of view on why an audit of the Federal Reserve and its unelected bureaucrats makes sense and is necessary if we [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Writings | Tagged Audit the Fed, Forbes.com, HR 1207 |
By RonPaul.com on May 14, 2009
Ron Paul’s bill to audit the Federal Reserve (HR 1207) now has 165 co-sponsors, and the numbers keep growing! This is history in the making, and victory is within reach. Imagine what will happen if HR 1207, The Federal Reserve Transparency Act, comes up for vote in Congress! With one third of the House of [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Legislation | Tagged Audit the Fed, HR 1207 |
By RonPaul.com on May 12, 2009
Young Americans for Liberty profiles Congressman Ron Paul’s bill to audit the Federal Reserve, HR 1207. Campaign for Liberty’s Matt Hawes and Ron Paul’s Legislative Assistant, Paul-Martin Foss, offer their insight on this historically significant push for legislation. Source: Young Americans for Liberty Date: 5/9/2009 Transcript Kevin Brett:This spring, Washington DC is buzzing with news [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Legislation | Tagged Audit the Fed, HR 1207, Young Americans for Liberty |
By RonPaul.com on May 11, 2009
Congressman Ron Paul joins Gary Franchi on the latest edition of the Reality Report to discuss HR 1207, the concept of competing currencies, and what an economic collapse would look like. Show: Reality Report Date: 5/7/2009 Transcript Gary Franchi: Welcome back to the Reality Report. Joining us now to discuss the Federal Reserve Accountability Act, [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Audit the Fed, Competing Currencies, Economic Collapse, Gary Franchi, HR 1207, Reality Report, Restore the Republic |
By RonPaul.com on May 8, 2009
Ron Paul’s bill to audit the Federal Reserve (HR 1207) now has 156 co-sponsors, and the numbers keep growing! This is history in the making, and victory is within reach. Imagine what will happen if HR 1207, The Federal Reserve Transparency Act, comes up for vote in Congress! With one third of the House of [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Legislation | Tagged Audit the Fed, HR 1207 |
By RonPaul.com on May 8, 2009
Date: 5/5/2009 Alan Grayson: Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Inspector Coleman, you’re the Inspector General for the Federal Reserve, right? Elizabeth A. Coleman: That’s correct. Alan Grayson: Okay. Have you done any investigation concerning the Federal Reserve’s role in deciding not to save Lehman Brothers, which led to shockwaves that went through the entire [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve | Tagged Audit the Fed, HR 1207 |
By RonPaul.com on May 8, 2009
Channel: Fox Business Date: 5/7/2009 Transcript Liz Claman: What’s the reaction from Capitol Hill over these stress test results? David Asman: We are very pleased to have with us Republican Congressman Ron Paul of Texas who among other things has been trying to get the Fed to open its books, which is what we’ve been [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Stress Tests |
By RonPaul.com on May 7, 2009
In today’s edition of the Washington Times (May 7, 2009), the Campaign for Liberty has taken out a wonderful ad — an open letter urging representatives to cosponsor Ron Paul’s Federal Reserve Transparency Act (HR 1207), signed by an unprecedentedly diverse coalition of individuals, activists, political organizations and citizen groups, all of whom join us [...]
Posted in Campaign for Liberty, Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Legislation | Tagged Audit the Fed, HR 1207, Washington Times |
By RonPaul.com on May 5, 2009
Event: Congress’ Joint Economic Committee Date: 5/5/2009 Transcript: Ron Paul: Welcome, Chairman Bernanke. I have a couple of questions, but first I want to mention that I find it awfully frustrating at times when we always talk about inflation and we only talk about the prices and say, “We have prices under control, there is [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Audit the Fed, Ben Bernanke, HR 1207 |