Chris Hollen actually said...

"If this one lock, which is the only large functioning lock we have went down, this would be devastating to our economy."

"I think clarity is really important at this moment, because there are lots of folks on Capitol Hill who think it is OK to play political games with the debt ceiling."

"Nobody should ever contemplate willfully forcing the Treasury to default in this fashion. Anyone who does is unfit for any public office in the United States."

"the United States cannot and must not default on its debt and violate the full faith and credit of the United States."