Marcy Kaptur

Oops -- Marcy Kaptur Mistakes Bernanke for Paulson

By Tom Blumer | January 21, 2008 - 17:01

This is Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio):

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Last Thursday, she was at a House committee meeting (HT QandO) and started asking this guy some questions:

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The guy is Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.

The problem is, this is what she asked:

The Ohio Democrat, at a House of Representatives Budget Committee hearing, said she wanted to know what Wall Street firms were responsible for the securitization of subprime mortgages.

She then asked: "Seeing as how you were the former CEO of Goldman Sachs ..." But the only person testifying at the hearing interrupted.

"No, no, no, you're confusing me with the Treasury Secretary," said Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.