"I look forward to hearing today how the Fed will balance its dual mandate, and continue to promote an economy where everyone who wants a good job can find one."
"In the near term we are talking about a severe recession, and we are talking about loss of jobs?"
"So serious conversations about reducing the national debt should start with rebalancing our tax system, not start with how to hurt families."
"I want you to imagine if your Federal funding is cut by 78 percent."
"House Republicans don't seem concerned about the upcoming debt limit deadline."
"We could make the tax system a whole lot fairer as part of what we are doing here."
"The United States has been underinvesting in childcare for decades."
"So I am just trying to think through what this means in terms of job losses."
"We need to raise the debt ceiling. Without conditions."
"So when you take all that into account, that is the size of the cuts and the programs you would have to cut to achieve a reduction in spending of that size."
"If Republicans get their way this is going to be about 2.6 million Americans who lose their jobs."