Rand Paul: “This is a debate, and it is a good debate, because it is a debate about the debt ceiling. I am actually in favor of…”

“This is a debate, and it is a good debate, because it is a debate about the debt ceiling. I am actually in favor of allowing the debt ceiling to go up under certain conditions where we reform things. I think it is unconscionable not to do anything, to simply say: Here is a blank check, keep doing what you have been doing. We are running the country into the ground. We are borrowing $40,000 a second. Should we not talk about reform in the process? Many of us supported last time around raising the debt ceiling in exchange for a balanced budget amendment. Seventy-five to 80 percent of the public thinks we should balance our budget. They have to, why shouldn't we? I would ask the Senator: Is he not hearing from his people at home that the debt ceiling should not be done in secret, that it should be done, and if it is going to be done, it should be attached to significant budgetary reform?”