Chris Hollen actually said...

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

"In my state of Maryland, we're experiencing lots of costs and impacts from climate change and sea level rise."

"I would like to say a word about China, who actually has a ten-year lead on the United States..."

"I think one of the purposes of this and other hearings is just to underscore the cost of inaction and doing nothing."