John Spratt: “Most of the numbers that we have quoted, as the gentleman well knows, are net of the Social Security surpluses.”

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this historic legislation, arguably the most important vote we here today will ever take in this Chamber. Today fulfills a promise made 100 years ago by Theodore Roosevelt when he first called for…

To help put the economy back on its feet, Congress enacted the Troubled Assets Relief Program in October.

We convene today to review the state of our economy, a dismal state, and its interaction with the budget.

I want to welcome everyone to our hearing this morning on The Social Safety Net: Impact of the Recession and of the Recovery Act.