"To deprive you of the tools necessary to boost employment would be a huge mistake."
"The Recovery Act helped save or create up to 3 million jobs in the year 2010."
"The fact is that the CBO said that the Recovery Act helped save or create up to 3 million jobs in the year 2010."
"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 during the Clinton administration, a period of great economi..."
"It shows that the economy remains very fragile, it also shows that it is slowly recovering."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, I want to join the chairman in welcoming you, Dr. Elmendorf."
"at some point in time, we have to stop deferring maintenance and actually have to try and restore this Capitol."
"We will either have to lay off or have an across-the-board pay cut I believe of 6.4 percent."
"I think all of you know well the issues that have been debated in the House."
"I fully support the need to tighten our belts."
"I am very nervous that another round of cuts will mean that we are not able to keep or attract the kind of quality staff."