I think that if we have large and serious economic crisis coming at us, that response needs to be large, bold and aggressive, and that's what I believe the President's package is. Now, this package is $820 billion. It represents less than 6 percent of our total gross domestic product spread over several years.
Responding to opposition claims regarding the size of the economic recovery package.
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