Mike Thompson actually said...

"Too many people want, but cannot find, full-time, stable, good-paying jobs."

"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..."