As they see it.

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"We have to be careful about what people desperate for a job may do.... If we're not careful, we could have situations that are unanticipated and that we haven't seen in this country for a while."

--Demetrios G. Papademetriou, president of the Migration Policy Institute, to the Washington Post, on his concerns that the recession will drive illegal immigrants and others to accept ever-lower-paying jobs under ever-worsening conditions.

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"What these visionary legislators really created a century ago was opportunity for future generations."

--Jack Lassiter, chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Monticello, to the Arkansas Legislature during a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of legislation creating four agriculture schools in the state, in the Arkansas News.

"Sometimes when we're talking about the budget and all this serious stuff it's nice to bring up something positive, like fishing for catfish along the river."

--Iowa Representative Nathan Reichert, who has proposed declaring the channel catfish the official state fish, to the Associated Press.

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"The cavalry is on the way, and hopefully people won't have to wait another three or four months to get their unemployment checks."

--Rhode Island Senator...