03/17/2015
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"We must keep in mind that 60 percent of the GDP is consumer spending."
"It is my hope that the Senate will move quickly in considering all of these bills."
"However, the need and importance of interim assistance like the short-term bridge loans and unemployment benefits should not be discounted."
"People who were doing fine a few years ago... doing fine while others were getting, at AIG and other big firms, were getting major bonuses for millions of dollars for running our country into the gutt..."