Taken together, these steps represent decisive action to ease the credit crunch that is now threatening our economy.

This agreement is a decisive step that will address underlying problems in our financial system.

The bipartisan economic rescue plan addresses the root cause of the financial crisis.

The true 'cost' of this legislation should be far less than $700 billion.

There's no doubt that the fundamentals of the economy have to be measured by whether or not the middle class is getting a fair shake.

I do not think that they are [fundamentals of the economy sound].

We need to make the economy work for ordinary people.

I think there's a fair chance, if this is done right, the taxpayers will get all their money back, maybe even run a profit.

I don't want to wake up in four years to find that more Americans fell out of the middle-class.

I think we do have to do something to rescue the financial system.

American families by the millions are struggling with soaring health care costs and declining coverage.

We've so far spent about $91 billion in tax relief, which has had a positive effect on retail sales.

We will do our part in increasing supply.

Real consumer spending increased 0.4 percent in May, likely reflecting a boost from the rebate checks.

Americans would have paid an additional $1.3 trillion in taxes by the end of 2007 without the tax relief.

The economy continues to demonstrate resilience despite slow growth.

One way to relieve the price of gasoline is to expand domestic production of crude oil here at home.

This is a good deal for our economy.