Robert Menendez actually said...

"So it was necessary."

"So raising the debt is a negative. And if I do that in a way in which I don't offset that, that would be a negative, would it not be?"

"I believe that the legislation, together with stronger regulatory standards for bank capital and liquidity now being developed will place our financial system on a sounder foundation and minimize the ..."

"We needed to stimulate that economy because it just had no private sector activity, for all intents and purposes."