Chris Van Hollen actually said...

the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, testified just very recently that slashing the budget that way would, quote, Translate into a couple hundred thousand jobs, so it is not trivial, unquote.

Context

He cites Bernanke's warning that budget cuts could lead to significant job losses.

03/09/2011

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