Carolyn Maloney actually said...

"They gloss over the fact that the labor force participation rate fell over the course of the George W. Bush administration."

"Under the leadership of President Obama the unemployment rate is 5.3 percent, close to current estimates of what economists call its 'natural rate.'"

"Many Republicans are acting as if the declining rate of labor force participation is some kind of new phenomenon."

"There seems to be a broad consensus these days that the economy is stronger than it has been in years."