Max Baucus actually said...

If there is one thing to be sure of about being Deputy Secretary of Treasury, it is that you will have to wear many hats, and I am confident...

The 7.3-percent unemployment rate is far too high, and the tepid economic growth over the last few years cannot continue. We must do better.

I lament the fact that we had--in this committee, in the end, the Republicans were unable to work with us.

There is no room for error. You must meet--and I prefer that you beat--that deadline.