"I think that point has to made over and over again, because frankly, people, they are struggling and they are doing their best."
"I am heartened that after 8 long years we finally have an administration that remembers that it reports to Main Street, not to Wall Street."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Secretary."
"I think there is another message that has to be continually communicated, not just by yourself but by the President."
"One of the fundamental aspects, I think, of our recovery is stabilizing housing prices and then beginning to get people to go back to work."
"I think also the ability to react to the ups and downs of the market is going to be critical."
"I asked her, where was the minority report; she said there wasn't one."
"I think that is an unfair thing, it is so un-optimistic about America to cloak it in those terms."
"We seem to have an inability here to grasp the obvious that people who are out there in the environment, working in the real world and the real environment see every single day."
"The labor market is very weak but the declines might be tempered a bit because of the availability of extended unemployment benefits."
"Many economists indicate that that is a very wise investment, since for every dollar of benefits, you get roughly $1.60 in GDP growth."
"In fact, the Open Market Committee indicates that it could reach 9.2 percent in 2009 and 2010."
"It raises issues about privacy. It raises issues about civil liberties."
"You note in your testimony the importance of keeping up pressure on al-Qa'ida in the Federal Administered Tribal Areas."
"When he uses words like 'pandemonium', 'carnival', 'ignominy', 'ridiculous', 'chaos', and 'spectacle' about an organization that he loves so deeply..."
"I think what my colleagues have said is that despite the first step by the Federal Reserve, we have to be very, very sensitive to the capacity and willingness of the Federal Reserve to actually protec..."
"there is an element in this discussion of using the rules that we do pursue to enable the better angels of our nature to come forward."
"I think Senator Alexander's idea of trying to take this up a little bit more formally, particularly with the new Senators, is a very good one."
