Paul S. Sarbanes: “4.8 million. And do you have any estimate on how many have dropped out of the labor force?”

I am pleased to join with Senator Cardin and Senator Mikulski sending in a letter in very strong support of Sarah Bloom Raskin to go on the Federal Reserve Board.

This was a decision by the Bank of Japan, the Government, not by private Japanese investors about the strength of the American economy.

There has been an incredible deterioration in recent years in the U.S. trade deficit.

I think a Secretary who adopts a unilateralist approach in the international environment may miss important opportunities to prevent conflicts and to build alliances.