Chris Van Hollen actually said...

that would devastate the economy. And even talking about the United States for the first time in its history not meeting its obligations is ...

In an era of divided government, we need to be able to make the difficult compromises necessary to get the job done.

Unfortunately, our Republican colleagues continue to oppose that balanced approach.

We all agree that we have a budget challenge, and a deficit and debt challenge--especially over the long term.