Thomas McClintock actually said...

"In other words, when the Federal Government borrows a dollar, it borrows it from that same capital market that would otherwise be available to loan to consumers to make consumer purchasers, to busines..."

"Admiral Mike Mullen warned us was in his professional military judgment, the greatest single threat to our national security, and that was our Nation's debt."

"So, we are already approaching uncharted territory for this Nation, and the question I have is that on our current trajectory, are we courting a sovereign debt crisis?"

"the deficit is just a future tax. We borrow it now and we pay it back through future taxes."