I got an interesting letter from one of my constituents that said that, well, maybe Minnesota's rate is eight percent, but at her household, it's a hundred percent.

I am much more interested in looking forward, and, from what I've heard from economists, this idea--and we've seen it in countries all over the world--of stimulating the economy is part of the solution.

Ben Bernanke, the Chair of the Federal Reserve, has been suggesting that our economy may be out of recession.

So the major sector that we're having the major debate about and would be arguably facing the greatest uncertainty has actually, in its response to government policies, has actually seen increases in employment?

Do you know much about the history of these extensions of unemployment benefits, and if they were set at a certain rate, which unemployed get them and which don't?

I was thinking back to the policies that got us there. We had eight years where, basically--there's plenty of blame to go around.

I don't believe that that is the answer.

one of the ones I keep hearing about at home is the First-Time Homebuyers' Tax Credit

That's 4.9 percent, and then what is the unemployment rate for high school graduates?

we want to make sure they have a job, and it's difficult

From my perspective, what you have told us is that we have seen a leveling off of this job loss. However, we are still facing significant issues here.

Well, maybe, but this argument that somehow our problems are caused by the fact that we are debating major issues that are affecting the middle class to me does not quite make sense.

I think he and I share a belief that we do need to do everything we can to promote more American product exports.

We are so excited about you taking this new position.

You have really set a new standard and a new mentor for people who farm and women who farm.

I commend Chairman Baucus for including an amendment to incentivize value in Medicare.

So, we need more primary care physicians, wouldn't you say?

As Senator Franken has said, we also are struggling to take the perverse incentives out of our system that reward quantity instead of quality.