H.R.1207 Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009

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Tom Woods addresses 1,000+ on August 15, 2009 in Galveston Texas at the “Lectures on Liberty” event.

Thomas Woods: Lectures on Liberty – Four-Part Video:

Track H.R.1207 and S.604: Federal Reserve Transparency/Sunshine Act of 2009 here.

Contact Your U.S. Representative

Contact Your U.S. Senators

This is Congressman Alan Grayson questioning Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on $550B of loans to foreigners (or ‘central liquidity swaps’ in Federal Reserve-ese’).

Which financial institutions received this money? Bernanke’s answer: I don’t know.

As the Fed was lending this money, the dollar increased by 30% in value. Grayson asks, was this a coincidence? Bernanke’s answer: yes.

The Federal Reserve is one of the most powerful and secretive institutions in Washington, long considered beyond the reach of lawmakers. But now, as details emerge of how the Fed secretly doled out more than a trillion dollars during the financial crisis, a rare bipartisan movement in Congress demands that the Fed be held accountable.