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Transcript: COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS AND FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM:EDWARD P. LAZEAR NOMINATIONS
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- Congressional Testimony
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- February 14, 2006
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Congressional Testimony
02-14-2006
Statement of Edward P. Lazear Member-Designate, Council of Economic Advisors
Committee on Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs February 14, 2006
Chairman Shelby, Ranking Member Sarbanes, and Members of the Committee,
it is a great honor to be here today as the President`s nominee to be Chairman
of the Council of Economic Advisers. The Council, which has been in existence
for 60 years now, is charged with the task of advising the President on
economic issues. Throughout its history, it has remained a body of experts
and academicians who have taken it to be their duty to inform policymakers
in an unbiased and professional manner. One colleague recently told me