Joseph Lieberman actually said...

"We were really impressed, surprised, by the usage, the number of hits on the Recovery.gov Web site."

"That is because we are facing an economic challenge the likes of which we have never faced before."

"The Recovery Act itself and the President are very set on this being as transparent and accountable a program as we have ever had in the Federal Government."

"Part of why we want this money to be used to avoid the disastrous layoffs of teachers, for instance, is that, to say the obvious, you want to protect the jobs."