Pat Ryan: “The fact is that this administration told us its stimulus plan would keep unemployment from ever rising above 8 percent.”

We're not doing enough. We don't have the urgency. It – it needs to be a national problem.

I thank my colleague, Mr. Deluzio, for his leadership on this and for bringing this group together to remind us that as Americans who love this country, we need that strong, muscular economic patriotism to serve my constituents in my…

It's a disgrace. We have soldiers – I had this in my unit when we were deployed overseas in combat. Their families were home on food stamps, using SNAP benefits.

As you might imagine, the congestion pricing conversation is very much on the minds of my constituents who, along with me, are, frankly, very upset--I would say furious--over this plan.