"We hope our people will restrain themselves and our officials will be patient," he said.
"…we are always defending the patients… if we believe we have to restrain the patients we will always restrain them for their safety, more importantly, if it's in the extubation period and they can't be given anxiolytics or sedatives.
The Right Reverend John Chalmers said: "I hope we can be quite intentional about learning lessons that will restrain us from heading towards conflict every time there is a difference, so that lives are not squandered".
"Because of the origins and the impact of the global financial crisis, we have now entered an historical phase in which most industrial country governments will restrain banks through the wide use of regulatory, tax and enforcement tools," he said.
In fact, he highlighted the risk that "tight federal fiscal policy will restrain economic growth over the next few quarters by more than we currently expect".
"The risks remain that tight federal fiscal policy will restrain economic growth over the next few quarters by more than we currently expect, or that the debate concerning other fiscal policy issues, such as the status of the debt ceiling, will evolve in a way that could hamper the recovery," he told the committee.
"The risks remain that tight federal fiscal policy will restrain economic growth over the next few quarters by more than we currently expect," Mr. Bernanke said, "or that the debate concerning other fiscal policy issues, such as the status of the debt ceiling, will evolve in a way that could hamper the recovery".
"True, weakness in Europe and Japan will restrain overall overseas demand, but those regions represent a shrinking share of U.S. exports, and we have long anticipated sluggish growth in both areas," he said.
It also believes beneficiaries will restrain their own spending.
Households remain deeply indebted, which will restrain spending.
