Chris Hollen actually said...

"the position our Republican colleagues unfortunately have taken is that we're going to shut down the government if we don't accomplish the goal of shutting down the Affordable Care Act."

"That's a self-inflicted wound. That's a wound that this country cannot afford."

"Congressman Van Hollen today... said that they have 30 days in order to be able to work out a diplomatic solution to this and if that doesn't happen, then the president would get the authority to do t..."

"It's time to do the hard work needed to put in place a fiscally responsible budget that adopts the balanced approach recommended by bipartisan groups."