Jon S. Corzine: “I rise to speak on America's economic security--rather, I should say America's economic insecurity at the moment. Before…”

“I rise to speak on America's economic security--rather, I should say America's economic insecurity at the moment. Before the Senator from Oregon leaves the floor, let me compliment him on bringing up one of those issues that absolutely must be addressed, one of those issues that is squeezing middle-class Americans: their gas prices--natural gas prices and gasoline prices. The idea that we are unwilling, after we are committing so many resources to the Middle East, to try to bring stability and democracy in the Middle East and not use our diplomatic capital to accomplish what the Senator from Oregon is speaking about, to bring forth a response from OPEC, is just unfathomable. It is absolutely an abject failure in the context of economic policy management and certainly on diplomatic efforts. I compliment the Senator for his efforts. I hope he will include me as a cosponsor of his resolution. As I said, I wish to speak about America's economic security. We have certainly heard in the last 48 to 72 hours a lot of celebration and victory laps being taken with regard to 1 month's economic report on employment in the United States.”