12/09/10 Alexandria, Virgina — Today it’s been announced that Congressman Dr. Ron Paul (R-TX) will become Chairman of the Domestic Monetary Policy House Subcommittee in 2011. If ever the US could benefit from a turning point in monetary policy it’s now. This is one of Congress’ most relevant entities for supervising that work, as a component of the overall House Financial Services Committee, the Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology Subcommittee oversees:
- the Federal Reserve’s efforts to carry on its regular responsibilities, including bank examinations, consumer protection and data collection
- the testimony of the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
- Emergency Authority, including the Fed’s efforts to withdraw the extraordinary monetary stimulus it provided and reduce its balance sheet
- the state of US coins and currency, including examining the roles of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, US Mint, Federal Reserve, and Secret Service
- audits of the Federal Reserve, or whatever is left of that possibility, based on the final version of the signed Dodd-Frank Act
Perhaps no congressman is more actively — or famously — engaged in the task of changing the current trends in monetary policy than Dr. Ron Paul, author of “End the Fed,” and a studied critic of how the US manages its money supply. He sees monetary reform as an eventual necessity and the dollar as unable to indefinitely operate as the reserve standard for the world.
As of today, it looks like he’s going to get his best chance to date.
This past Tuesday, the House of Representatives’ Republican leadership chose Congressman Spencer Bachus (R-AL) to serve as head of the House Financial Services Committee. Today, Bachus announced his appointments for the 112th Congress’ financial services committee leadership, including Dr. Paul.
It’s expected that Dr. Paul will make increased efforts to examine the Fed’s monetary policy decisions, open up more of the Fed’s interest rates and monetary easing deliberations to congressional scrutiny, and take a closer look at the US role in global economic coordination, especially the sort that takes place through the International Monetary Fund.
In his official statement, Bachus says:
“This is the leadership team that crafted the first comprehensive financial reform bill to put an end to the bailouts, wind down the taxpayer funding of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and enforce a strong audit of the Federal Reserve.”
For better or worse, we’ll keep you posted on where Bachus, Paul, and the rest of the new Financial Services Committee leadership takes it from here.
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Rocky Vega,
The Daily Reckoning
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Dr. Paul’s arguments in this area have traditionally been quite compelling. The Fed plays outrageous games with money with no accountability, and essentially feeds the irresponsible fiscal policy of the government. Reining in this house of cards would be a good idea.
Finally a SMART move by our Congress. Dr. Paul is THE man for this job!
All of this corruption in Washington, proves that the Constitution is an Illusion. If it were not, local,state and federal politicians would be in jail for treason and fianicial terrorism…..At this point so much smoke and mirrors,is Ron Paul just an Illusion too?
Listening to Anthony Weiner dodge questions about raising our taxes (on Hannity) tonight proves the only way to take back America is to vote out every liberal and replace them with smart conservatives.