carnegie-mellon economist, allen meltzer, responded to the speech, saying that stimulus spending has done little to reduce unemployment and that long-term unemployment has not been this high in 60 years. watch the president's remarks nd read allen meltzer's response, as well as a statement from house minority leader john boehner, on our website. >> pulitzer prize winners today on booktv prime-time ad. david hoffman on the final decade of the cold war, t.j. miles on cornelius vanderbilt, and liaquat ahmed on what led to the economic collapse and great depression. today on c-span2. >> attorney general eric holder is expected to start his remarks in the next 10 minutes or so. until then, of your comments and phone calls from today's "washington journal." as you can see, attorney general eric holder getting under way a bit early. live coverage on c-span. >> but above all, i want to congratulate all of you on your 30th anniversary, which i think deserves our round of applause -- deserves a round of applause. [applause] get for a 30th anniversary.ou i just passed by 20th. i don't remember