[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 143 (Tuesday, September 2, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H3745]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        IN DEFENSE OF LISA COOK

  (Ms. WATERS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of Lisa Cook. She is 
a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. I rise to 
support her because there is an attempt to fire her if she does not 
retire or resign.
  This attempt that has been made is because the President of the 
United States wants to take over the Federal Reserve. This is our 
central bank with responsibility for determining the interest rates, 
short-term interest rates.
  We cannot allow the President of the United States to own, dictate, 
and tell the Federal Reserve what they can and cannot do. If he gets 
rid of Lisa Cook, he will have control of the central bank.
  What he will do is insist on interest rates going down, but what 
people do not understand is this will cause inflation to rise.
  This President has interfered with law firms and sued them. He has 
interfered with our educational institutions, threatening their funding 
if they do not do what they are told.
  This now is a wannabe what? Taking over the central bank in order to 
determine the entire economy.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join with me and support Lisa 
Cook and Chair Powell at the central bank.

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