Thomas McClintock actually said...

The interest on that debt is the fastest-growing component of the Federal budget.

The United States now staggers under $19 trillion of debt, nearly half of it run up in the last 8 years.

Our government's good credit is vital to everything that we do here. And there are two ways to wreck that credit: by borrowing too much; or ...

And just a few years ago, then-Senator Barack Obama vigorously opposed an increase in the debt limit sought by the Bush Administration.