CNBC’S Carl Quintanilla: “I hope you won’t mind, Madame Secretary, one question that’s not so technical. We were here, down at the big board this morning, when the data hit. Groans across the New York stock exchange floor. This is not your first BLS report, but I’m just curious, when you were first told the number, what did you say?”

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis: “Silence.” (CNBC’s “Squawk On The Street,” 6/1/12)