"We are currently on an imprudent and unsustainable fiscal path."
"I think it is a mistake also, though, to scare the markets and to talk of default and say default will occur if we do not have this vote immediately."
"This year alone, we will pay $295 billion in interest. This is more than we spend this year on seven Cabinet Departments, the White House, Congress, and the courts combined."
"I do not want to default, but I also think it is wrong for Congress to approve more borrowing without necessary reforms."
"This is not all Iran, and I am not a supporter of Iran and their government, but there are problems on both sides of this war."
"But I do say that we get fixated on Iran, and we forget about the danger of Wahhabism throughout the world."
"I think also when we look at say, oh, we must push back against Iran, it is sort of like who pushed whom first?"
"I think it is important that we not forget that there is a religious intolerance on one side that I think really is alarming and needs to be discussed."
"It seems to me an even more important summit would be a summit between the Gulf States, including Saudi Arabia and Iran."
"The problem with the individual market is it's a crummy place to be."
"Congratulations, Mr. Acosta, on your nomination. As you know, we're in a big, huge national debate over what to do with healthcare."