On the recordJuly 30, 2011
The President of the United States, Barack Obama, has said to the Congress that we need to put America first and get this debt limit done. I agree with that. I agree that we need to put America first and put politics aside. Last weekend, a bipartisan proposal emerged with Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader Reid, Senator Reid, coming to an agreement, but the President of the United States got ahold of Senator Reid and said, Absolutely not. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
