I want to say a few things about organized labor. I'm old enough, Congressman Johnson, when I was growing up, one person could work in the steel mills on the south side of Chicago, tough job, but you could not only make a decent wage that…

Let me end with this since we just have a couple of minutes. As we face all these negotiations that are going on, I think there's a couple of bottom lines. One--and the President has been very clear--we are going to have to ask the…

You were talking about how government helps to prime the pump. So government spends money, and it spins out and often becomes commercialized. There are three ways that we can really deal with our economy right now to make it stronger: We…

Thank you very much. I appreciate both--you know, sometimes as legislators we like to think we're always right, and sometimes we make mistakes, inadvertent mistakes. And coming to the floor to actually clear the air I think is really…

I think, actually, you have done a service to make people understand that there are those who are deeply offended by it and that we should all learn what to say so as not to offend people.

But let me just say this: the other philosophy, though, is that if you have a robust middle class of consumers who will actually have enough money in their pockets, middle class people, hopefully even including those who aspire to the…

Some people say it didn't create any jobs. Well, I think the testimony is that many of our colleagues, almost all of our colleagues, showed up at the ribbon cuttings.

How fantastic is that.

Thank you very much.

These are victories, I think.

I mean, it is just a miracle to me.

I think it is completely unfair... that is included in your fraud prevention numbers, and I think that it is a fraud to do that to children.