"I am much more interested in looking forward, and, from what I've heard from economists, this idea--and we've seen it in countries all over the world--of stimulating the economy is part of the solution."
"I got an interesting letter from one of my constituents that said that, well, maybe Minnesota's rate is eight percent, but at her household, it's a hundred percent."
"What was it someone said, Wall Street sneezed and Main Street got a pneumonia."
"Didn't you tell me before that actually an increase in temporary help can be a sign; that that's what companies do first, they hire these temporary workers, so it can be a good sign that it's going to..."
"We are discouraged and we are isolated."
"Okay, so, in other words, it actually has moderated?"
"I think it's very important."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and on behalf of the Senate, I would also like to offer my deepest condolences to Chairwoman Maloney and her family."
"Do you see this with other recessions that we've had in the past?"
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Commissioner Hall, we've talked before about this dramatic difference between unemployment with varying degrees of education."
"So this person I mentioned in my opening statement, who had sent out 60 resumes to 60 places and gone to all these interviews, if, at some point, she just says, I can't do this anymore, and takes a mo..."