Gwen Moore actually said...

"I want to thank Chairman Spratt for your leadership to secure this needed benefit in the federal appropriation."

"Oregon has been hit very hard by the recession."

"there is $5 billion available to states and that money is very targeted so that it does go directly to families in need."

"Faced with insurmountable odds and cumulative 3-month job losses of 2.1 million in early February, Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act."