Sam Brownback actually said...

Do you see any of that reflected in your employment data of either strength or less weakness in employment and export-oriented sectors?

The overall unemployment rate rose to 5.1 percent. Where was that rate a year ago?

Now Chairman Bernanke talks about slow performance late last year, you know, the signs of a recession this year.

We are trying to figure out what we should be doing from our end in order to stem the tide of all these negative statistics.