Debbie Stabenow actually said...

"For our private sector to have the confidence to invest--and these are major investments--to create jobs, we need longer-term policies."

"They are aiming to compete with us because they want what we have had: a robust middle class and a strong economy for the majority of their citizens."

"Thank you very much."

"In order to have a middle class in this country, I firmly believe that we need to make things and grow things."