Fed Chair Janet Yellen makes first appearance before Congressional committee

Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen (C) poses with Rep. Maxine Rivers (D-CA), (L), and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) at the conclusion of Yellen's testimony before a House Financial Services Committee on "Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy", on Capitol Hill, February 11, 2014, in Washington, DC. Yellen, the first female chair of the Federal Reserve Board, is making her first appearance before Congress since being named to replace former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. UPI/Mike Theiler