"I said there would be a negative GDP."
"There is no free lunch. Debts have to be repaid."
"I do not think the present system is working. I do not think it is working well. But I have to tell you that I do not know how to fix it."
"I agree, and I talked to a businessman recently and was shocked to see how severe he got caught in a financial situation."
"If something does not change, the taxpayers will have to just pick that up by higher taxes and more payments into the system."
"We ought to be able to at least tell them what they can expect to receive."
"It seems to me, would you not agree, that that is an unsustainable trend?"
"President Obama is committed to thinking through and trying to find some new ways to deal with these problems."
"I was very troubled, and President Bush was criticized greatly for a $412 billion deficit in fiscal year 2004."
"Those debts are burdens this economy is going to have to carry, and we should keep this thing as lean and as productive as absolutely possible."
"the interest on the debt today, the $10 trillion or so that we have today? About $200 billion."
"I have been working with Senator Kennedy on a plan to create a universal savings plan in addition to Social Security for every worker in America."
"I did not support the TARP program, but I know the reason it was passed, and it was a difficult decision to oppose it."
"$450 billion every year, Mr. Chairman, on the interest on the debt, is equivalent to almost an entire cost of the 5-year Iraq war."
"I did not support President Bush's 'send out the check' program, and I think the chart that was shown earlier indicated that it did not do much for the economy."
"I know the excuse is, well, it was an emergency so we do not care, we did something, and that is politically of value."
"You all don't know what you are doing up there, do you?"
"We are a little nervous around here about the way money is being thrown around."
