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Cynthia Lummis: “They don't even respond to FOIA requests.”

Featuring: Cynthia Lummis, Republican | U.S. Senate Wyoming

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The Federal Reserve has grown too powerful, too insulated, too comfortable. And they are operating in the shadows. And this is the minimum we can do to start getting this independent agency some scrutiny. They don't even respond to FOIA requests. You can't get an answer. That place is whack a mole. If you try to talk to the Fed chair about something, they'll put it on the vice chair for … (08:49–08:53)

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Asserts that the Federal Reserve does not respond to Freedom of Information Act requests.

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