Absolutely not. Wolf, we have a situation where the Republican Party has allowed a small minority, the Tea Party Republi...
They want to shut the government down. I am convinced.
If we let them get away with this, heaven knows what will happen the next time.
the Republican budget would not be in balance in 10 years if not for the Medicare savings in the Affordable Care Act.
We should adopt the kind of frameworks recommended by every bipartisan group that has looked at this issue in recent tim...
to tie the defunding of the Affordable Care Act to the debt ceiling is to say, well, we're going to attach something tha...
we're on an unsustainable path with respect to the debt.
we're focused on something very different than solving this long-term challenge.
that is irresponsible and reckless given the impact that not paying our bills would have on the economy.
The responsible way to do it is the way the law prescribes.
I would just, again, ask that the majority in this House allow us a simple vote on our plan to replace the sequester to ...
That is an unnecessary self-inflicted wound.
we think that we need to have a balanced approach because if you do it only by cutting on the health care side, you are ...
our view is that your tax plan does exactly that, because you say you are going to get the top rate down to 25 percent.....
What you are saying is that default on any obligation would send a very bad signal?
I have never heard that offer until this moment, Mr. Chairman, ever.
the position our Republican colleagues unfortunately have taken is that we're going to shut down the government if we do...
we should adopt the kind of framework recommended by every bipartisan group that's looked at this issue.
