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By RonPaul.com on March 23, 2010
Ron Paul questioned Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner today on the Federal Reserve’s price fixing activities and the moral hazard generated by a “lender of last resort” that, in cooperation with the government, picks up the pieces and bails out insolvent banks and companies. Geithner agreed that we need to deal with the problem of moral [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged End the Fed, House Financial Services Committee, Moral Hazard, Tom Geithner |
By RonPaul.com on March 17, 2010
Ron Paul teaches Ben Bernanke a lesson on Austrian free-market economics, but the Chairman is not listening. Instead, he tries to defend his actions by asserting that “central banking is an art” that requires guesswork. Location: House Financial Service Committee Date: 03/17/2010 Transcript Ron Paul: I have a question for Chairman Bernanke. During the early [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Art of Central Banking, Ben Bernanke, Central Banking, Constitution, Inflation, Interest rates, Price Fixing |
By RonPaul.com on March 17, 2010
Ron Paul attacks the Federal Reserve’s price fixing activities in his opening statement at the House Financial Services Committee hearing on bank supervision and monetary policy. Location: House Financial Service Committee Date: 03/17/2010 Transcript Ron Paul: This is an important day because this is the day that FOMC met and the markets were hanging in [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged House Financial Services Committee, Interest rates, Opening Statement, Price Fixing |
By RonPaul.com on March 11, 2010
The Federal Reserve is the chief culprit behind the economic crisis. Its unlimited power to create money out of thin air brought us the boom and bust cycle and causes one financial bubble after another. By recklessly inflating the money supply the Fed intentionally distorts interest rates and erodes the value of the dollar. For [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Legislation | Tagged Audit the Fed, Campaign for Liberty, Mel Watt, Senate |
By RonPaul.com on March 10, 2010
Ron Paul spoke on the House floor today in support of Dennis Kucinich’s H. Con Res 248 which would end the war in Afghanistan and bring U.S. Armed Forces home within 30 days. Location: Congress Date: 03/10/2010 Original cosponsors of Dennis Kucinich’s bill include Representatives John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI); Ron Paul (R-TX); José Serrano (D-NY); [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Afghanistan, Dennis Kucinich, H Con Res 248, Iraq, Peace, Taliban, War |
By RonPaul.com on March 4, 2010
Ron Paul spoke out in opposition to a resolution in the House Foreign Affairs Committee that would recognize as “genocide” the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Empire forces during World War I. The Congressman argued that America should remain neutral on the subject and let the involved countries work it out themselves. He then [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Armenian Genocide, House Foreign Affairs Committee, Ottoman Empire, Turkey |
By RonPaul.com on March 1, 2010
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Paul has continued to run his Congressional office in a frugal manner, and was able to return more than $100,000 from his allotted office budget to the Treasury this year, an increase over the $90,000 returned last year. “Since my first year in Congress representing the 14th district I have [...]
Posted in Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Frugality, Treasury |
By RonPaul.com on February 26, 2010
Statement of Congressman Ron Paul United States House of Representatives Statement for the Record February 25, 2010 Madame Speaker, I would like to enter into the record the following letter from Professor Robert D. Auerbach, a professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas. This letter provides additional information regarding [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Audit the Fed, Ben Bernanke, Bizarre, Robert Auerbach, Saddam Hussein, Watergate |
By RonPaul.com on February 25, 2010
At today’s House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, Ron Paul asked Hillary Clinton how she can justify spending $1 billion to build a “fortress” in London while Americans are hurting economically. Location: House Foreign Affairs Committee Date: 02/25/2010 Ron Paul: Welcome, Madam Secretary. I have a question about the cost of our foreign operations. We are [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Embassy, Fortress, Hillary Clinton, House Foreign Affairs Committee, London, Spending, State Department |
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