Chris Van Hollen actually said...

The measures taken by the Federal Reserve...averted 'an extraordinarily severe downturn, perhaps a great depression.'

We must use all the tools at our disposal to help put people back to work.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Welcome, Dr. Bernanke.

One trillion of that is accounted for by the tax cuts for the folks at the very top, and if you returned those tax rates to where they were ...