Chuck Schumer actually said...

"In a sense you moved away from a purely quantitative measure and are moving more toward the qualitative, which I think is a good thing."

"Understood. My next question talks about some of the qualitative versus quantitative guidance."

"It is a statement of fact about the economy. It is not supposed to be partisan."

"And if it is not mostly weather, would you consider pausing or changing the rate of tapering?"