Quotes from AP Interview with Paulson

“The American people know we are going through a tough time and it is not acceptable to them. ... We will get some help from the stimulus. Later this year, I expect growth will pick up.”

Quotes from Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's interview Wednesday with The Associated Press:

STIMULUS REBATES: 'I think they're coming at a good time.'

'Some families will use them to help fill up their gas tank, for a family vacation, or to help (buy) back-to-school clothes and a lot of other things that people are going to like to get done.'

HOUSING CRISIS: 'Even the optimists believe that you're going to continue to see in the next several months ... housing prices decline, that foreclosures increase. That's what happens during a correction.' Read more