Steny Hoyer actually said...

"The issue is: will the best interest of America survive? Will we have the courage to act responsibly so that America is and is perceived by the rest of the world as the leader they thought it was and ..."

"I don't know the answer to that, Anderson. But the question is not whether John Boehner can survive or whether Steny Hoyer can survive. The issue is, will the best interests of America survive?"

"Manufacturing has been a source of reliable, well-paying, middle-class jobs."

"It is time to recommit ourselves to manufacturing, to our middle class, and to the pride Americans have always taken in making things."