Chris Hollen actually said...

"Black American unemployment is at 7.1 percent, and while long-term unemployment has been cut in half over the past year we still have about two million Americans who are long-term unemployed."

"On top of that, we have the issue of people who are not looking for various reasons, and many of us are pushing very hard to pass legislation to dramatically lower the cost of childcare for those fami..."

"In fact, for low-income households the share of their budget on energy is three times higher than for higher-income households."

"As Chairman Powell acknowledge in his testimony before this Committee on Tuesday, because of the American Rescue Plan we have been able to lower unemployment in the country way ahead of projections."