Kendrick Meek: “Meet the Press,'' syndicated affiliates, one of the most respected journalists in Washington, D.C.”

The bottom line is, you have your back up against the wall, you have to make a decision, you have to do it now.

I want to commend the Administration for doing something that we haven't done in a very long time here in Washington, D.C., especially from the executive branch, and that is to share with the American people the truth.

When you run into these kinds of situations, and folks start saying, 'Well, I'm more loyal to my own personal principle,' meanwhile, they're not maxed out on their credit cards, they're not waiting in line for a job.

Families that know what it means to punch in and punch out every day, some individuals that are really struggling in rural Florida, they need that tax credit, they need that assistance.