Debbie Stabenow actually said...

"Ultimately, I think, in a broad economic picture, we do not have an economy, and we do not have a middle class, unless we make things and grow things."

"I do not see people--unfortunately, Dr. Lindsey, when you say people are choosing not to be self-reliant, that surely does not speak to anybody whom I know in Michigan."

"when we have a minimum wage right now that allows people to work 40 hours a week and still be in poverty, there is something wrong with that, I think."

"the average child care costs for families today equal somebody working 40 hours a week for a year at minimum wage."