I think it is a widely held view that all of those actions have had positive effects on the economy.

Over the last year and a half some truly extraordinary steps have been taken, including the so-called TARP program, the Recovery Act program, and the Fed's own actions to make an extraordinary amount of collateralized loans to its member…

an approach which relies on giveaways instead of relying upon auctions would, represent the largest corporate welfare program that has ever been enacted in the history of the United States.

He is very helpful to us. Has been. A wonderful individual to work with.

Thank you for your excellent testimony and for the fine work that the General Accounting Office has done for us.

Thank you for your very excellent testimony and for the fine work that the General Accounting Office, now the Government Accountability Office, has done for us.

the person that has been most consistent about seeing that we investigated, looked farther into the future and considered alternatives for building roads, bridges, and needed infrastructures is Earl Blumenauer

I deeply appreciate the opportunity for the Budget Committee to have now its second hearing.

All politics is local.

Without the Federal Government, we will simply guarantee that there are not enough resources to get the basically required infrastructure built, renewed and maintained.

Extraordinary challenges require extraordinary efforts. I look forward to working with the Administration, Chairman Spratt, Ranking Member Ryan, and the rest of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle who want to return the government to…

Our law enforcement is tasked with securing our homeland and protecting our people.