Oh, brother. Where did the deficits come from? Well, first of all, let's understand that public policy doesn't change the moment a President comes into office. There is the continuity of the previous years' policies that stay in effect for…

You are quite correct. I am going to go through a list of specific things to help the economy, but before I go to that, I think we ought to set the stage here. There was a lot of talk in the previous hour about deficits and where the…

My recollection is that the Democratic side said, Let's give people jobs. Let's use the public's tax money to employ people to do energy conservation. The Republicans, to a person, voted ``no.'' Whose side do you stand on? Are you going to…

Let's bring this issue that you just raised right back to this Chamber in the present moment. We have voted here three times, I believe, on what are called programs for energy conservation. One of them was called cash for caulkers. We had…

It would be a very, very good thing. And most economists who look at the international markets and the next great industries don't look to the 19th century energy industry, coal and oil, as being the growth industries and where the jobs…

You are a brilliant legislator and a fine arbiter of the question. It turns out you're right. It is the oil industry. And let's take a look at this. Our tax dollars: Where do they go? Let's see here. This side is the oil industry, and this…

Quite possibly they are so well heeled and have such big profits because they cut so many corners that resulted in the death of I think 13 people at their oil refinery in Texas, and another 11 at their rig in the gulf, the Deep Horizon…

Ah, the taxpayers who they were so concerned about a moment ago. They don't want BP to pay; they want the American taxpayers to pay.

The thing here, if you would yield for a moment, is where do you stand? With whom do you stand? What side are you on? We just heard an extraordinary rendition of falsehoods, in my view, from the Republican side here that somehow this…

Mr. Speaker, thank you so very much for this opportunity. I've been here for the better part of this last hour and I've heard some astounding, astounding accusations and things that are purported to be fact. And I'm just going, What in the…

But remember, in an NFL football game, you need a referee, and on Wall Street, you need a referee also. ____________________

The final point is this: In the 8 years of the George W. Bush administration, about a million net jobs were created. In the last 8 months to 9 months, more jobs have been created than in the entire George W. Bush administration. Now…