James Langevin actually said...

"One of the goals of TALF is to free up lending for small businesses and consumers; however, many small businesses in my home state of Rhode Island are still unable to access and maintain adequate line..."

"One of the central challenges facing American businesses and families has been a lack of access to adequate credit."

"This chart shows that when the Clinton administration came into office we made some tough choices and ran up a surplus that was to be surpluses, as far as the eye could see, kind of locked into the bu..."

"We had enough continuous surplus to pay off the entire national debt. In fact, it was projected to have been paid off by last year, all of the debt held by the public, if we hadn't messed up the budge..."