"Let's not gamble with the full faith and credit of our nation; that would be a recipe for financial and economic chaos."
"Thank you, Chairman Bernanke, for your service to our country during a time of great economic turmoil."
"The economy was in freefall, spiraling downwards at a negative growth rate of 6 percent."
"your assessment right now is that we do not have an inflation problem in the United States, is that correct?"
"just with respect to that, those monetary decisions that created or saved between 600,000 and 700,000 jobs, is that correct?"
"failure to raise the debt ceiling would be, quote, Catastrophic for our economy and financial system."
"it would be a mistake for, in your view, for the Congress to use the debt ceiling as a, quote, Bargaining chip."
"it would be reckless from an economic and financial perspective to allow, to essentially default on our debts."
"Let me ask you a quick question on the fiscal policy, because I think we all agree that the Congress should act now to put in place a plan to get our deficit and debt under control."
"Last question is I was pleased to see in your testimony that you believe that certain investments, national investments in our economy, can in fact lead to productivity and growth."
"you wrote to the Speaker of the House on January 6th of this year indicating that your assessment would be that that would add $230 billion to the deficit over the next 10 years"
"I do think there's room for that."