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Ron Paul Answers Questions on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal
1 ResponseChannel: 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: [...]
Ron Paul: “I wouldn’t vote for Bernanke”
Leave a responseSite: 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 [...]
Ron Paul and Alan Grayson Call for Delay to Bernanke Confirmation Hearing
1 ResponseRon 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 [...]
It Is Time The Federal Reserve Answered For Its Actions
61 ResponsesIn 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 [...]
Ron Paul and Neil Cavuto discuss Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve and inflation
3 ResponsesChannel: 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 [...]
Ron Paul to Ben Bernanke: The Federal Reserve Is Already Politicized
19 Responses“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 [...]
Ben Bernanke: Federal Reserve audit would constitute “takeover” by Congress, threaten the “financial system, dollar and economy”
233 ResponsesWhen 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 [...]
Ben Bernanke to Ron Paul: “I will resist any attempt to dictate monetary policy.”
145 ResponsesEvent: 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 [...]
Ron Paul Questions Ben Bernanke on Free Markets vs. Crony Capitalism
6 ResponsesEvent: House Financial Services Committee Hearing Channel: C-SPAN Date: 3/24/2009 Transcript: Barney Frank: The gentleman from Texas. Ron Paul: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. When the chairman of the committee opened up the committee today, he suggested that we look backward as well as forward and that all of our problems didn’t come from January 20th [...]
