Political Quotes

I rise to speak on the budget deficit and a mechanism this body has embraced in two prior budget agreements that I think it is time to put in place now. It is called the CARFA mechanism, the Committee on Accountability and Review of…

Well the definition is two quarters of negative growth is what I have always understood the kind of classic definition of a recession is.

So there has been a steady deterioration since about the middle of last year?

Well it just kind of jumped out at me because I had thought that would have gone differently but it would have a bearing on whether or not to extend unemployment benefits.