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By RonPaul.com on March 10, 2010
The Honorable Ben S. Bernanke Chairman Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Washington, DC 20551 Dear Mr. Chairman: During your Humphrey-Hawkins testimony before this Committee last week, Representative Ron Paul raised questions about inappropriate political interference with the Federal Reserve System resulting in hidden transfers of resources to facilitate crimes during the Watergate [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve | Tagged Ben Bernanke, Iraq, Watergate |
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 January 25, 2010
Show: Squawk Box Channel: CNBC Date: 1/25/2010 Transcript News Anchor: Welcome back, everybody. The White House expressing confidence about Ben Bernanke’s confirmation. But it is clear that Bernanke continues to face some opposition to his nomination to his second term. For more on this and the other many controversial topics that are being debated in [...]
Posted in Economy, Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Debates | Tagged Ben Bernanke, Depression, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Keynesianism |
By RonPaul.com on January 25, 2010
Show: Ron Smith Show Host: Ron Smith Date: 01/25/2010 Transcript Ron Smith: It’s our pleasure to talk this afternoon with Congressman Ron Paul, a former candidate for the Republican nomination for President, long time Texas Congressman, Libertarian and an idol of an awful lot of young Americans these days, which must be a strange thing, [...]
Posted in Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Ben Bernanke, End the Fed, Haiti, Scott Brown, Social Unrest |
By RonPaul.com on January 22, 2010
Ron Paul was interviewed on Fox Business’ “America’s Nightly Scoreboard” concerning the government’s involvement in the economy, Fannie and Freddie, and the controversy surrounding Ben Bernanke’s nomination to another term as Fed chairman. Channel: Fox Business Show: America’s Nightly Scoreboard Host: David Asman Date: 01/22/2010 Transcript David Asman: Here to talk about all these things [...]
Posted in Economy, Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Audit the Fed, Ben Bernanke, David Asman, Elizabeth MacDonald, Fannie Mae, Fox Business, Freddie Mac |
By RonPaul.com on December 17, 2009
Show: Larry King Live Channel: CNN Date: 12/16/2009 Transcript Larry King: Good evening. The healthcare fight in Congress has stalled in the short run. Is it going anywhere in the long run? Joining us to debate the issue are two top members of the United States Congress. Barney Frank, Democrat from Massachusetts. He chairs the [...]
Posted in Health Care, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Barney Frank, Ben Bernanke, Ben Stein, CNN, Larry King Live, Tanya Acker |
By RonPaul.com on December 16, 2009
Channel: Fox Business Date: 12/16/2009 Transcript Jenna Lee: We’re joined now by an outspoken citric of the Federal Reserve who has been calling for its audit. Republican Congressman Ron Paul of Texas is with us for his take on all of this. I have to first ask you about this Person of the Year choice. [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Audit the Fed, Ben Bernanke, Person of the Year, TIME Magazine |
By RonPaul.com on December 16, 2009
Show: Your World with Neil Cavuto Channel: Fox News Date: 12/16/2009 Transcript Neil Cavuto: Man oh man, a busy day for Ben. Time, Magazine picking the Fed head, Ben Bernanke, as person of the year. The Federal Reserve today deciding to leave interest rates at near 0%. My next guest is fed up with Bernanke [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Ben Bernanke, Fox News, Neil Cavuto, Person of the Year, TIME Magazine |
By RonPaul.com on December 16, 2009
Show: Morning Joe Channel: MSNBC Date: 12/16/2009 Transcript Joe Scarborough: If I could pick someone to follow up Rick Stingle’s person of the year, Ben Bernanke, seriously, it would be our next guest. Introduce him. Mika Brzezinsk: Republican representative from Texas and member of the Financial Services Committee, Congressman Paul joining us on the set [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Ben Bernanke, Morning Joe, MSNBC, Person of the Year, TIME |
By RonPaul.com on December 4, 2009
Channel: C-SPAN Show: Washington Journal Date: 12/03/2009 Transcript Susan Swain: Former presidential candidate, Ron Paul of Texas, a member of the House Financial Services Committee and the author of the book “End the Fed” is our guest for our next program. Dr. Paul, thanks for coming in this morning. Ron Paul: Thank you. Susan Swain: [...]
Posted in Economy, Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Audit the Fed, Ben Bernanke, C-Span, Dollar, End the Fed, Fair Wages, Gold, HR 1207, Inflation, Ron Paul 2012, Washington Journal |
By RonPaul.com on December 3, 2009
Site: CNNMoney.com Host: Poppy Harlow Date: 12/03/2009 Transcript Poppy Harlow: Ben Bernanke is facing confirmation hearings for a second term on Capitol Hill. A loud critic of the Federal Reserve, Congressman Ron Paul, joins us now from Washington. First question to you, Congressman, and thank you for being here: should Bernanke be confirmed? I think [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Audit the Fed, Ben Bernanke, Inflation, Senate |
By RonPaul.com on October 7, 2009
Ron Paul and Alan Grayson sent a letter to Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd this afternoon, asking that the Senate delay Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s confirmation hearing until the Federal Reserve releases information on which financial firms have received emergency Fed loans in the past year and transcripts of Federal Open Market Committee [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Alan Grayson, Audit the Fed, Ben Bernanke, Senate Banking Committee |
By RonPaul.com on August 31, 2009
In his latest column Ron Paul predicts that one way or another, the days of Fed autonomy are coming to an end, as they should. The Federal Reserve has demonstrated over and over again that it is a highly antiquated, unabashedly monopolistic and openly politicized creature. Its chairman, Ben Bernanke, is the politician’s best friend [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Writings | Tagged Audit the Fed, Ben Bernanke, Dollar, End the Fed, HR 1207 |
By RonPaul.com on July 22, 2009
Channel: Fox Business Date: 7/21/2009 Transcript Neil Cavuto: Ben Bernanke is back up on Capitol Hill. Ron Paul is wondering why the Capitol even bothers because if the Texas congressman and former presidential candidate had things his way, there wouldn’t even be a Federal Reserve, a point he underscored in sometimes testy exchanges with Bernanke [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Ben Bernanke, Fox Business, Inflation, Neil Cavuto |
By RonPaul.com on July 21, 2009
“What about today? Interest rates are artificially low. Could there be any political pressure to keep interest rates artificially low? Historically, that’s been well known, it’s been documented and written about, how other Federal Reserve chairmen, they were on the verge of reappointment and they know the president, and all of a sudden… so, it’s [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Ben Bernanke, Debt Monetization, House Financial Services Committee, HR 1207, Inflation |
By RonPaul.com on June 26, 2009
When asked by Rep. John Duncan on Thursday about the fact that a majority of Congress is co-sponsoring Ron Paul’s HR 1207 bill to audit the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke responded: Ben Bernanke: “My concern about the legislation is that if the GAO is auditing not only the operational aspects of the programs and the [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Legislation | Tagged Audit the Fed, Ben Bernanke, Congress, HR 1207 |
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 |