Jim Himes actually said...

"The American Recovery Plan is a particularly rank piece of dishonesty."

"It is important for the American people to understand what is being said here today."

"I don't remember a moment as consequential as this one for the Federal Reserve or as potentially testing of its leadership."

"I just ask that as you make your decisions, you think not just of the numbers and the economics, but of the importance of sustaining this nation's democracy."