Reserve vice chairman for bank supervision. Idaho senator mike crapo is chair of the banking committee. Thank you very much. And would the witnesses for our hearing please come and take their seats and while theyre doing that, senator shelby cant be here for his questioning time and so hes asked for just like a minute to make a quick statement. Ill be real quick today. I just want to say i wont be here. Ive got to preside over a appropriation hearing. But i believe that president has sent twous two good nominees. One we waited a long time for the vice chairman for the supervision of the fed. I think these are outstanding nominees. I hope you the hearing goes well and we can expedite the nominees and get them in place. Thank you. Thank you, senator shelby. All right. The hearing will come to order. This morning well consider the nominations of mr. Joseph otting to be comptroller of the currency and randal quarrels to be a member of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve system an
Statement. Ill be real quick today. I just want to say i wont be here. Ive got to preside over a appropriation hearing. But i believe that president has sent us two goodnominees. I hope the hearing goes well and we can expedite the nominees and get them in place. Thank you. Thank you,senator shelby. All right. The hearing will come to order. This morning well consider the nominations of mr. Joseph otting to be comptroller of the currency and randal quarrels to be a member of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve system and vice chairman for supervision of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve system. Welcome to both of you. Thank you. And congratulations to you on your nominations to the important offices. I see that you have friends and family sitting with you. I welcome them heretoday as well. These two positions are critically important to ensuring a safe, sound, and vibrant Financial System. Were fortunate to have two highly qualified individuals to consider for the
Appropriation hearing but i believe the president has sent us two good nominees. We waited a long time on the vice chairman, supervision for the fed. I hope the hearing goes well and we can expedite these nominees and get them in place, thank you. Thank you, senator shelby. The hearing will come to order. We will consider the nominations for the comptroller of currency, joseph otting and Randal Quarles to be a member of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve system and vice chairman for supervision of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve system. Welcome to both of you and congratulations on your nominations to these offices. You have friends and family sitting with you and welcome them here as well. These positions are critically important to assure a safe, sound, vibrant Financial System. We are fortunate have two qualified individuals to consider for these posts. Joseph otting bring particular understanding of the Banking System from a long career in national service.
Program might be used to or result in some way a crowding out of a significant portion of the economy shortterm private credit liability. And then it goes on to consider this is where i got into trouble. Such a Development Might conflict with the fifth Monetary Policy octave i got confused i will tell you i was on an amtrak south of washington behind a Freight Train when i read that section. That had something to do with it. But ting that section and one or two others could have been simplified a little bit and then clarified. I probably said enough by now to signal my high regard for this book, i can do it. I can do it. [laughter] but in closing let me salute that the very strength of the book for me actually highlights if the fed and the fdsc needs strong and essentially discretionary Emergency Powers to prevent or confront o runs how do we reck are sile such powers with legitimacy requirements of a democratic society. This is a Critical Condition in today political environment with
Its my pleasure to remind you that you are welcome to buy a copy and how will be available to autograph them after words. Here we are in the stylish new Conference Center to discuss a very old problem, namely how best to survive financial panic of which there have been many throughout the century, how to survive the fear and mistrust when financial actors try to withdrawal from risk to protect themselves, a rational strategy for each but as we all no, not when they do it at the same time. It is highly interesting historically but much more pressing than we can consider as how scotts book does in detail. What should we do in the next panic that will arrive sooner or later. Two centuries ago they accurately observed, on extraordinary occasions, a panic may seize the country one becomes desirous of possessing him self of precious metals. Again such panic concludes that banks have no security on any system that is to say that private banks on their own. In 1873 they drew the conclusion we