Earl Blumenauer actually said...

I appreciate making it personal--I know that is not easy, but it helps give the committee a sense that there are human consequences.

There have, in fact, been more jobs created, 13 million additional jobs, compared to the miserable experience that we had under the four yea...

We are at historic low record of unemployment, and for Black Americans, it is an all-time record.

I think it is easier for us to deal with that than just going on simply piling on regulations on poor people.