Vice President Kamala Harris echoed <a href="https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jimmycartercrisisofconfidence.htm">President Carter's infamous 1979 "Malaise/Crisis of Confidence" speech</a> during an interview Thursday on "PBS NewsHour." "Everybody is frustrated... I understand and I fully appreciate there is a level of malaise. We're two years into this thing. People are — we want to get back to normal. We all do," Harris told PBS's Judy Woodruff. [<a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2022/01/07/vp_harris_congress_returning_after_riot_subsided_symbol_of_a_democracy_that_is_both_fragile_and_strong.html">full interview here</a>] <blockquote>JUDY WOODRUFF: Two other things. One is your administration. The Biden-Harris agenda, in the beginning, a year ago, got off to a strong start, but it's obviously stalled. Right now, the president's approval ratings have taken a dramatic hit. Did you try to do too much? VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS: Well, I think that there are many metrics by which we can measure where we are today. One of them, again, is where we are on COVID, which we just discussed. Let's also look at where we are on the economy. Last year, we created six million new jobs. Last year, we brought unemployment down to, I believe it was 4.2 percent, which the economists, most didn't believe would happen until at least 2023, 2024. So we have seen great progress. We passed an infrastructure law. People have been — both parties, as administrations, have been talking about doing for generations. There has been great progress. No doubt, COVID, for example, I mean, we're all — well, everybody is frustrated with that. And I understand and I fully appreciate there is a level of malaise. We're two years into this thing. People are — we want to get back to normal. We all do. But we have to then do the tough and hard work of pushing through with solutions, understanding that there are going to be challenges, but let's meet the challenges where they are. And let's also take a moment to see the progress we have achieved.</BLOCKQUOTE>