Mike Braun actually said...

"I have no question that those policies would be much more costly than any reasonable benefits we'd get in any other area, including climate policy."

"We borrow now 30 cents on every dollar we spend. Just 5 years ago that was 20 cents."

"The fact that we haven't done that in 20-some years makes this very much an academic discussion."

"Unless we fix the underlying system, don't expect much to change regardless of what we do here."