W. Todd Akin: “It's a treat to be able to join my colleagues this evening as we take a look at, once again, some of the fundamental…”

“It's a treat to be able to join my colleagues this evening as we take a look at, once again, some of the fundamental questions that we face as a Nation: the questions that center around our budget deficits, the world economy--particularly unemployment in America--and the various policies that are involved in some of these questions. These are things that have absorbed the attention of our Nation now for some period of time because the economy has been very tough. There are many Americans that are hard workers that are out of work, and the condition of our country overall, even particularly various States, is troubling at best, and dire probably would be more accurate. I think that it's appropriate sometimes just to look back a few years to see where we have come from and also to develop a little wisdom from the past and the lessons that we can learn from the past.”