… Republicans would give me credit for those achievements, largely because I was able to bring them along as chairman. And I think when you look back at where we were, 22 million Americans out of work, an unemployment rate that at one point had hit almost 16%. Where are we today? 4.8% bounced back considerably. Everything changed and I think it was the manner in which we got the money into the hands of people at the lower end, in particular Pat, who needed it. (13:44–13:51)
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