Political Quotes

“Well, I would just simply say what is so striking about the consequences that you described, Mr. Cartwright, and that Mr. Boyle described, in terms of the warning that was given by Secretary Mnuchin years ago, is that congressional Republicans back then did the right thing. They heard the same warnings that Representative Boyle described, and they voted to increase the debt limit. They did it not once, not twice, but three separate times during President Trump's administration. What has changed? That is the question that I wish the minority leader of the United States Senate would answer. But I think we know the answer, that this is ultimately politics and gamesmanship. I would hope that for the good of the country, he and his colleagues would reach the same conclusion that they reached literally less than a year ago. I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Brendan F. Boyle), because his experience on the Ways and Means Committee, I think, is instructive with respect to how we dispose of this particular question and issue.”