Chris Hollen actually said...

"I would also point out that Speaker Boehner, during those discussions with the President, said he didn't want to increase rates, but he could raise $800 billion by closing these tax loopholes and brea..."

"Arbitrarily, trying to squeeze all of that into the 10-year window, which apparently was what the Speaker had agreed to do as part of extending the 3-month debt ceiling, is not good economics."

"We should get rid of some of those [tax breaks], and we should get rid of some of those for the purpose of deficit reduction in a balanced way."

"We asked higher-income individuals to begin to contribute to reducing the debt over the long term."