05/10/2011
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"The Congressional Budget Office announced that the deficit we are inheriting from this budget year will be $1.2 trillion. We know that our recovery and reinvestment plan will necessarily add more."
"All the gentlemen here understand both the pressures and possibilities of this office. And for me to have the opportunity to get advice, good counsel, and fellowship with these individuals is extraord..."
"We have an economic situation that is dire."
"Barack Obama has got to come up with a plan that says, ultimately, we will get rid of that."