By RonPaul.com on January 10, 2010
Show: Forbes.com’s Intelligent Investing Host: Steve Forbes Date: 01/09/2010 Transcript Steve Forbes: What precisely will your bill on auditing the Fed do and not do? Just clear that up. Ron Paul: Matter of fact, it’s a pretty weak bill when you think about it. Steve Forbes: Seems pretty mild. Ron Paul: From their viewpoint, it [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Audit the Fed, HR 1207, Interest rates |
By RonPaul.com on December 5, 2009
So much for the ongoing secrecy of the nation’s independent central banking system. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 79% of Americans favor auditing the Federal Reserve and making the results available to the public. Just seven percent (7%) of adults think that’s a bad idea and oppose it. Fourteen percent (14%) [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Legislation | Tagged Audit the Fed, HR 1207, Rasmussen, Survey |
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 4, 2009
Show: Glenn Beck Program Host: Judge Andrew Napolitano Channel: Fox News Date: 12/03/2009 Transcript Judge Napolitano: Today on Capitol Hill Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Fed, was reamed and rightly so by some members of the Senate Banking Committee. Bernanke wants that second term as head of the Federal Reserve, but Republican Senator Jim [...]
Posted in Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Audit the Fed, End the Fed, Fox News, Glenn Beck, HR 1207, Inflation, John Tamny, Judge Andrew Napolitano, Obamanomics, Tim Carney |
By RonPaul.com on December 3, 2009
Show: Morning Meeting Host: Dylan Ratigan Channel: MSNBC Date: 12/03/2009 Transcript Dylan Ratigan: Joining the morning meeting is Congressman Ron Paul, Republican from Texas and a member of the House Financial Services Committee. His amendment to audit the Fed won approval in committee yesterday along with sweeping financial overhaul bill. Congressman Paul, your thoughts on [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Audit the Fed, Dylan Ratigan, HR 1207, Morning Meeting, MSNBC |
By RonPaul.com on December 1, 2009
Venue: Congress Date: 12/01/2009 Transcript Ron Paul: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, does not want us to know any of the details of the Fed’s secret operations. This position is not surprising and has been typical of all central bank chairmen. Bernanke’s stated goal is, “To design a system of financial [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Legislation | Tagged Audit the Fed, HR 1207 |
By RonPaul.com on November 24, 2009
Date: 11/23/2009 Channel: CNBC Show: Squawk Box Transcript Judd Gregg: For the Congress to get into monetary policy is just absolutely inexcusable. We can’t handle fiscal policy, but now we want to manage monetary policy? One of the great strengths of our nation is the independent Fed. And this idea which is coming out of [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Interviews, Ron Paul's Legislation | Tagged Audit the Fed, CNBC, HR 1207, Squawk Box |
By RonPaul.com on November 24, 2009
Audit the Fed Attached as an Amendment by Ron Paul I was pleased last week when we won a vote in the Financial Services Committee to include language from the Audit the Fed bill HR1207 in the upcoming financial regulatory reform bill. As it stands now, if HR 3996 passes, because of this action, the [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Legislation | Tagged Audit the Fed, HR 1207, HR 3996 |
By RonPaul.com on November 20, 2009
Channel: CNBC Date: 11/20/2009 Transcript Host: Congress is trying to gain more control over the Fed. A proposal by Texas Republican Ron Paul making it through the House Financial Services Committee late yesterday. Senior economic reporter Steve Lisman getting that information on that right now. Steve, what do you have? Steve Liesman: Lisa, thank you [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Media Coverage of Ron Paul | Tagged Audit the Fed, CNBC, HR 1207 |
By RonPaul.com on November 20, 2009
The House Financial Services Committee passed the Audit the Fed amendment yesterday. This is a big victory for all lovers of liberty around the world, and cause for celebration. But the battle is far from over. The enemies of transparency and those who benefit from the Fed’s secret dealings will do everything in their power [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul's Legislation | Tagged Audit the Fed, HR 1207, HR 3996 |
By RonPaul.com on November 19, 2009
After several hours of heated debate, the Paul-Grayson “Audit the Fed” amendment passed 43-26 in the House Financial Services Committee earlier today. The amendment calls for a comprehensive audit of the Federal Reserve and replaces the opposing “placebo” amendment proposed by Mel Watt. The Paul-Grayson initiative is an amendment to Barney Frank’s HR 3996, also [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Audit the Fed, Barney Frank, HR 1207, HR 3996, Mel Watt |
By RonPaul.com on November 19, 2009
Ron Paul makes a strong case for auditing the Fed. Date: 11/19/2009 Transcript Barney Frank: Is there further discussion? The gentleman from Texas, Mr. Neugebauer. Randy Neugebauer: Thank you very much. You know, I think one of the questions, simple questions here for many of is I think the Fed has gone way beyond just [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Audit the Fed, House Financial Services Committee, HR 1207 |
By RonPaul.com on November 19, 2009
After claiming some well-deserved credit for helping Ron Paul get his bill to a vote, Barney Frank proceeds to express his preference for the opposing Watt amendment.
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Audit the Fed, Barney Frank, HR 1207 |
By RonPaul.com on November 19, 2009
Later this afternoon, the House Financial Services Committee will be voting on the Paul-Grayson amendment (which is essentially the “Audit the Fed” bill HR 1207 in the form of an amendment), and the opposing Watt amendment to audit the Fed. Over the course of today’s hearing, Chairman Barney Frank unsurprisingly came out in support of [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged Audit the Fed, House Financial Services Committee, HR 1207 |
By RonPaul.com on November 19, 2009
by John Tate A few weeks ago, the Campaign for Liberty sent out an alert that Representative Mel Watt was attempting to water down HR 1207 in the House Financial Services Committee. The latest reports we have received have informed us that a vote on the Watt amendment could come today! There’s still time for [...]
Posted in Federal Reserve, Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Legislation | Tagged Audit the Fed, HR 1207, John Tate, Mel Watt |
By RonPaul.com on November 14, 2009
Channel: CNBC Show: Squawk Box Date: 11/13/2009 Joe Kernen: But Chris Dodd has a bill taking aim at the Fed. The overhaul bill that he proposes would reduce the role of the Federal Reserve. However, Congressman Ron Paul has been on that crusade for some time now, calling for more transparency at the central bank. [...]
Posted in Economy, Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Audit the Fed, CNBC, Dollar, End the Fed, Fractional Reserve Banking, HR 1207, Ron Paul, Squawk Box |
By RonPaul.com on November 14, 2009
Date: 11/12/2009 Ron Paul: I’d like to talk about monetary policy a bit. The dollar has been in the news, gold has been in the news, and a significant event has just recently transpired. It happened on November 2nd and to me it was a very significant event. That was the day the Indian central [...]
Posted in Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Video Updates | Tagged Devaluation, Dollar, Gold, HR 1207, Tim Geithner |
By RonPaul.com on November 7, 2009
Show: Alex Jones Show Date: 11/5/2009 Alex Jones: [asks about HR 1207] Ron Paul: Well, actually right now, we have 309 and that’s a 130-some Democrats as well as all the Republicans and at one time, Mel Watt had indicated to me that he would get a provision put in the bill by Barney Frank, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2012, Alex Jones, Audit the Fed, Dollar, Elections, Global Warming, Gold, H1N1, HR 1207, Inoculation, Republicans, Ron Paul 2012, Swine Flu |