Maxine Waters actually said...

"This committee should be doing everything that it can to avoid a calamitous outcome."

"This time some projections on what would happen if the U.S. defaulted on its debt indicate that the global economy itself could freeze if the United States' Treasury market collapse."

"Such a global financial crisis would hand the Chinese Communist Party a massive win by boosting the Chinese government's standing in the world."

"Even though an agreement was reached, and we didn't default, Republicans are yet again actively working to risk unleashing the same devastation or worse as they did just over a decade ago."