Joe Biden

I would tell members of my family -- and I have -- I wouldn't go anywhere in confined places now.

Each of the myths upon which we based the disparity has since been dispelled or altered.

Again, the government needs to act, and I hope to be part of that government.

I do not believe it is a time for people to inject the opposition, their ideological framework.

Presidents' elections have meaning, and if a President gets elected, he or she deserves to have the teams in place.

Well, guess what? The president of the United States has the exact same position that she does. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Vice President Joe Biden.

Mark my words; it will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy.

It is an outrageous, an outrageous, outrageous law, number one. Number two, we are not in Afghanistan to make the point to see to it that we make everything right in Afghanistan. I am not prepared to send American troops to die for that.

We are more safe; we're more secure. Our interests are more secure, and not just at home, but around the world.

We are more safe. We are more secure. Our interests are more secure, not just at home, but around the world.

We need to make sure that the money is getting out the door and stimulating the economy in a much more direct way.

I believe that much has been accomplished since the Recovery Act was passed.

I number myself among those, whether we can implement what we have already passed faster.

95 percent of working Americans have seen their paychecks increase because of the Make Work Pay tax credit.

If the Federal funding is simply displacing State funding that otherwise would occur, then it is not going to stimulate the economy.

I am not making this up, and I know that those grants do not go for leisure travel, do they?

The Federal Government does not award grants to individuals to pay personal expenses or bills.

The Recovery Act is also helping families through these tough times with extended unemployment insurance.

The first was to get money out into the economy to protect and create jobs.

I was privileged to be in the middle of the negotiations to not only form the bill but to get the 60 votes we needed to get it out of the Senate to a conference committee and to pass and be signed by President Obama.

This is the largest Federal appropriation of its kind in American history.

The second was to try to do it in a way that would make investments, significant investments in a better future for the American people.

It is essential that funds be spent wisely at all levels of government and in a way that maintains the confidence of the public.

Passing the Act was an important step towards immediate recovery and the restoration of long-term fiscal stability.

The President signed the Recovery Act, which is intended to provide relief to millions of struggling families, jump-start our economy, create or save more than 3.5 million jobs over the next 2 years, and steer our Nation out of this…