06/02/2009
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"The subject of today's hearing, how the middle class is faring in today's economy, cuts to the core of what I view as the key mission of this subcommittee."
"We are on track to have a $1 trillion budget deficit, if not this fiscal year, certainly next fiscal year."
"So far this year--and it is still early days, as the tax refunding is just now kicking into gear--it does appear that the refunds are meaningfully smaller, somewhere between 5, and as much as 10 perce..."
"GDP has grown at over 3 percent, lowest unemployment in 50 years."