WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Tillis Statement on Powell Investigation * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, issued the following statement: "This ruling confirms just how weak and frivolous the criminal investigation of Chairman Powell is and it is nothing more than a failed attack on Fed independence. We all know how this is going to end and the D.C. U.S. Att more PR