[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 18]
[House]
[Pages 23970-23971]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             SUPPORTING THE NOMINATION OF DR. BEN BERNANKE

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, I am thrilled that 
President Bush has nominated a son of South Carolina to serve as 
Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.
  As a boy in Dillon, South Carolina, Ben Bernanke demonstrated his 
brilliance for economics at a young age. He taught himself calculus, 
excelled at his SATs, and eventually received his doctorates from the 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he specialized in monetary 
policy.

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  Throughout the course of his career, he has taught our Nation's top 
schools and been a leader of our economic institutions. As President 
Bush's economic adviser, he has played a pivotal role in sustaining 
economic growth in our country. Today Dr. Bernanke is respected as one 
of the world's most accomplished monetary economists.
  As a successor to Chairman Alan Greenspan, Dr. Bernanke will 
certainly have big shoes to fill. With his background, I am confident 
that he has the knowledge, experience, and ability to serve as Chairman 
of the Federal Reserve Board.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September 11.

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