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By RonPaul.com on July 1, 2010
Freshman Republicans surprised Ron Paul earlier today and presented him with the “Best Legislation Filed during the 111th Congress” award for his Audit the Fed bill HR 1207. Freshman Republicans Recognize Rep. Ron Paul for His Legislation to Bring Greater Transparency to Government Institutions Led by U.S. Representative Steve Austria (R-OH), the House Republican Freshman [...]
Posted in Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Legislation | Tagged Audit the Fed, Award, Freshman Republicans, HR 1207 |
By RonPaul.com on June 30, 2010
Ron Paul says that giving more power to the Fed doesn’t make sense since they are the cause of the crisis. The original language of HR 1207, calling for a full audit of the Fed, was neutered but there is still a chance to revive the original intent. Without a full audit, we will never [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Legislation | Tagged Audit the Fed, Financial Regulation, HR 1207 |
By RonPaul.com on June 16, 2010
Date: 06/16/2010 Transcript Ron Paul: I do appreciate coming here because it’s been an issue about auditing the Fed that I worked on for a long time. I was rather disappointed this morning to open up the Internet and read a Reuters News Service article. And it starts off by saying, “Fed dodges bullet as [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Audit the Fed, conference Committee, Financial Reform Bill, HR 1207 |
By RonPaul.com on June 11, 2010
Congressman Ron Paul Paul is pleased to note that 15 out of 31 members of the House Conference Committee – which will reconcile the House and Senate versions of the financial reform bill – are cosponsors of HR 1207, the bill to audit the Federal Reserve Bank. The House-passed version of the financial reform bill [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Legislation | Tagged Audit the Fed, conference Committee, Financial Reform Bill, HR 1207 |
By RonPaul.com on May 28, 2010
Reps. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), Ron Paul (R-Texas), Walter B. Jones (R-N.C.) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.). held a press conference to call for an open discussion about the efficacy, the extent, and cost of overseas U.S. military commitments. Date: 05/27/2010
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Barney Frank, Defense, Military, Ron Wyden, Spending, Walter Jones, Waste |
By RonPaul.com on May 27, 2010
Statement of Congressman Ron Paul United States House of Representatives Statement Introducing the Private Option Health Care Act (HR 5444) May 27, 2010 Madam Speaker, I rise to introduce the Private Option Health Care Act. This bill places individuals back in control of health care by replacing the recently passed tax-spend-and-regulate health care law with [...]
Posted in Health Care, Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Legislation | Tagged HR 5444, Obamacare, Prescription Drugs, Private Option Health Care Act, Tax Credits, Tort Reform |
By RonPaul.com on May 25, 2010
Congressman Ron Paul today introduced legislation to permanently extend the first-time homebuyer tax credit and to make the credit available to people whose homes have been destroyed by a natural disaster, such as a hurricane. The legislation also makes a number of changes to existing tax credits in order to enhance their usefulness to victims [...]
Posted in Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Legislation | Tagged Homeowner, Tax Credit |
By RonPaul.com on May 20, 2010
Ron Paul addressed a joint hearing of the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade and the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology today. The hearing was entitled “The Role of the International Monetary Fund and Federal Reserve in Stabilizing Europe”. Date: 05/20/2010
Posted in Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Bailouts, Financial Services Subcommittee |
By RonPaul.com on May 11, 2010
Date: May 11, 2010 Transcript Ron Paul: I rise to call attention to my colleagues of a vote that occurred in the other body today. Senator Vitter from Louisiana offered an amendment to the financial reform package in the Senate that was exactly the same as HR1207, which is the Audit the Fed bill. And [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Audit the Fed, Bailout, HR 1207, Inflation Tax, Vitter Amendment |