That is irresponsible.
That is a self-inflicted wound. That is a wound that this country cannot afford.
the hole we will have to dig ourselves out of will be that much deeper.
It is about math.
We have got to act now to kick our economy into higher gear, to put more Americans back to work.
we should adopt the kind of framework recommended by every bipartisan group that's looked at this issue.
the position our Republican colleagues unfortunately have taken is that we're going to shut down the government if we do...
to tie the defunding of the Affordable Care Act to the debt ceiling is to say, well, we're going to attach something tha...
the Republican budget would not be in balance in 10 years if not for the Medicare savings in the Affordable Care Act.
We know that with real reforms we can not only pay down the debt--we can help grow the economy and put people back to wo...
We should adopt the kind of frameworks recommended by every bipartisan group that has looked at this issue in recent tim...
we're on an unsustainable path with respect to the debt.
I have never heard that offer until this moment, Mr. Chairman, ever.
I want to thank all the witnesses that are here today to help us deal with the funding of our transportation priorities ...
Our first rate Nation should not have second rate infrastructure.
We cannot afford to go through that situation again.
But politically, at the end of the day I think it will be rewarded when we give the communities the type of transportati...
We couldn't get that, because we didn't have the revenue to deal with the longer term.
