EXCERPT:
BIDEN: “Today, we need an answer that meets the challenge of this crisis. Not one that falls short. And that’s the issue facing the country right now. What Republicans have proposed is either to do nothing or not enough. All of the sudden, many of them have rediscovered fiscal restraint and the concern for the deficits. But don’t kid yourself, this approach will come with a cost, more pain for more people for longer that it has to be.”