"Even approaching a default could cause an increase in borrowing costs and other financial stress, while an actual default would spark a financial crisis and global downturn of unknown but substantial severity."
"According to analysis by Moody's Analytics, government spending reductions would cut essential government services that tend to go to lower-income households."
"Congress must reject House Republicans' hostage tactics and vote to raise the debt ceiling cleanly--just as Republicans did three times for President Trump."
"Congress has a duty to ensure that the United States can pay its bills on time, and the full faith and credit of the United States must not be used as a bargaining chip."
"We can't afford to lose that time because you never get it back."
"I think we should be really building on where we have gone in the last couple of years."
"I am saddened that the majority has chosen to exclude Labor-H from the process going forward."
"the decision to terminate a pregnancy is a very serious one. It is a very personal one."
"It was a crisis before the pandemic, and it certainly was exacerbated by that. So it is front and center."
"A 22 percent reduction in the 988 Suicide Lifeline, cut responses by 900,000."
"I plan to cite the proposed cuts in the future."