"I want to emphasize the double-pronged nature of the threat because there is only one side of it I feel has gotten adequate attention."
"There's a difference between revenue raisers and tax increases. There are ways of raising revenue without raising taxes. If it's a tax increase, that's something that Republicans in the House and in t..."
"Clearly, the process was abused. You don't use a hotline to bait and switch the country into a military conflict."
"Thank you, Senator Shaheen. It's a pleasure to be here today, and I thank you for chairing this hearing on a number of water and power measures."
"It makes a difference in much the same way that if my wife said, 'Mike, take out the trash, you shall take out the trash and do the dishes,' that means something different than 'Mike, you may take out..."
"If you're committed to having it happen, I assume that it wouldn't be a problem to use the 'shall' language."
"It doesn't seem to me to be a very good idea, if we want something to happen, to say 'may' rather than 'shall.'"
"Thank you. I've got a couple of technical lingering questions just related to the funding mechanism contemplated in S. 1224."
"Nothing further. Thank you."
"I want to also thank Senator Orrin Hatch and Senator Mike Lee for introducing this important legislation."
"I think tying the spending reductions to the debt limit increase is very important."
"We can't speak now for what successive Congresses will do."