"the question is not whether to reduce the deficits, the question has been how do we reduce the deficit"
"this is a responsible budget that begins to turn the corner in terms of the deficits and is very important in terms of job creation."
"Failure to extend unemployment compensation for millions of Americans who are out of work through no fault of their own, whether failure to do that would be a drag on what is already very fragile econ..."
"I want to be very clear; I do not want anyone to interpret me saying anything other than that this Congress has a very difficult and important job to address the long-term fiscal sustainability of our..."
"We need to come up with a predictable, stable way to reduce our deficits and debt."
"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."
"We hope that all of you, and the administration and like, will look for alternative ways to strengthen our economy."
"the question is not whether we should do that. The question is how we do that."
"You can do things at the same time, but if you undermine the fragile economy, as the IMF, as you indicated, has warned is being done with certain fiscal policies in Europe, that just creates an even b..."