Chris Van Hollen actually said...

Large and growing Federal debt over the coming decades would hurt the economy and constrain future budget policy.

There is no question that the debt is on an unsustainable trajectory under current law.

the question is how we as a society decide to allocate those costs and whether or not we should ask folks at the very high income scale to, ...

you do not want to close one tax break for the purpose of reducing the deficit.