Washington, Jan. 12 -- Congressman Bill Foster issued the following press release:

Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions, issued the following statement: "Without a stable, responsible, and independent monetary policy, the United States risks losing the primacy of the U.S. dollar and becoming uninvestable. Trump's politically-driven 'investigation' of the Federal Reserve is a deliberate assault on that independence.

"There is no more important financial role of Congress than preserving the independence of the Federal Reserve, and Democrats, at least, understand what is at stake and are willing to fight to preserve the integrity of the U.S. monetary syst...