Senators Conrad and Sessions attend Senate Budget Committee

Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee Kent Conrad (D-ND), (R), makes a remark as Ranking Republican Jeff Sessions (Alabama)listens as they attend hearings with U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, January 7,2011, on Capitol Hill, in Washington. Bernanke testified on " The US Economic Outlook: Challenges for Monetary and Fiscal Policy ", as the Labor Dept released the lastest employment figures, showing unemployment fell from 9.8 percent to 9.4 with hopes for an improving economy. UPI Photo/Mike Theiler