"So talk to me about what needs to be done at the Fed and elsewhere to address long-term unemployment and to foster policies that transform economic growth into growth for hardworking families."
"You want to strengthen it. Is that your basic premise?"
"Madam Chair, we have talked about this privately before, but does the Fed still use the Phillips rule in a lot of its deliberations?"
"I believe the Fed should be independent, but I do not think that you are totally independent."
"Instead of working to strengthen our economy and to bolster the financial system safeguards, some Republicans want to unleash the forces that almost destroyed the economy in the first place."
"the best way to weaken Dodd-Frank, and it is really kind of the dream of Wall Street to keep this slow walk going."
"publicly reporting a strategy helps prevent policymakers from bending under pressure and sacrificing independence."
"I think we all would accept the basic premise we want to build our own engine."
"I am concerned that some of my Senate colleagues may not fully appreciate the policy of assured access to space."
"Without the Russian engine right now, there could be a gap, as I mentioned, in national security working with our Air Force, everything else. Could it be?"
"the President's plan on gun control would require officials from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to begin contacting gun sellers to let them know of new standards"