Economy

Under the President's policies, middle-income Americans have been buried.

That means the average middle class family with children, according to this study, would be hit with a tax increase of more than $2,000.

America is built from the middle out.

Today is the deadline for these rebates to be delivered to consumers.

H.R. 8 would hurt the economy both by increasing the long-term deficit and also by taking money out of the pockets of the families most likely to spend it in the near term.

I want to make sure that we are investing in America.

Mr. Donilon underscored the shared responsibility of both countries to address such challenges as North Korea, Iran, Syria, regional security in Asia, as well as the rebalancing of the global economy.

Our economy isn't built from the top-down, it's built from a strong and growing middle class, and that's who we should be fighting for.

I'm going to cut Government spending that we can't afford.

I want to invest in advanced manufacturing, high-tech manufacturing jobs.

When middle class families are doing well... everybody does well.

I bet on American workers.

Every economist whose Ph.D. is worth the paper it is printed on will tell you that the initiatives that Congress has so far refused to pass in the American Jobs Act would create at least a million jobs.

I declared a national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States.

Deficits do matter, which is why the President has laid out a balanced approach to dealing with our long-term deficit challenges.

I'm going to keep fighting to make sure we rebuild an economy that rewards work, grows the middle class, and gives new opportunity to those trying to earn their way into the middle class.

We all agree that no American should pay more taxes on the first $250,000 of their income.

I think that would be a huge financial hit for middle class families.