Angus King actually said...

"On the other hand, we cannot ignore this. I mean, the debt, just the interest on the debt, if we have a 1-percent increase in the interest we are paying on our current Federal debt--1 percent--which I..."

"I hope you will convey that sentiment to the White House, please."

"we have not done a thing about the debt itself."

"the passage of the budget agreement was miraculous because it did show that we could, in fact, do things."