"I think that has increased our borrowing costs."
"The one North Star is economic growth."
"Restoring robust economic growth in the United States strikes me as one of the best ways to achieve deficit reduction."
"I would be eager to work with you... on a variety of both historical and prospective policy tools."
"publicly discussing the possibility of default, urging default as a negotiating tool in policy debates is--and I think I am quoting you--a 'dangerous gamble.'"
"the administration in this budget has placed a real focus on economic growth and on job creation, which I think is appropriate and should be our highest priority"
"I would focus on the here and now question with regard to infrastructure as an important place where I think we believe that the emphasis is important."
"That is something I hope we will move on a bipartisan basis."
"I frankly also want to draw your attention to manufacturing, a sector I have focused on pretty heavily, that creates good jobs, high-quality jobs that have a great secondary benefit to the community."
"My understanding is Germany currently has roughly 70 comparable manufacturing hubs or institutes, so if we could move from 2 to 4 to something like 40, I think that would be a great objective long ter..."
"Thank you for your leadership of the Fed, and thank you for your testimony here today and for your service."