the sort of deregulation of the financial industry, which began back in the mid-1990s and which generated that Wall Street bailout was one of the major problems that we had to deal with

The war in Iraq, which had no justification whatsoever and which has cost us huge amounts of money.

This is a country that needs to focus attention on the internal needs and therefore the creation of jobs.

That jobs bill is going to stimulate a lot of economic growth through the creation of jobs.

We have right now the greatest concentration of wealth in the wealthiest 1 percent of the people of this country since 1929.

The elements of this bill are critically important. Pay-as-you-go is essential. It is critically essential at this point in the issues being dealt with by this country. If you look back over the course of the last several years, you will…

The unemployment rate itself in this country is now up above 10 percent.

We allowed it to happen intentionally because there was a great interest on the part of some people to make as much money as possible.

this country is dealing with one of the most difficult and damaging economic circumstances that it has experienced over the course of our history.

A lot of that has to do with the sharp decline in the economy which had to do, in large measure, with the manipulation of commercial and investment banking.

Nothing should be too big to fail.

The actions that have been taken indicate that there is a substantial amount of effectiveness.