Gary Peters actually said...

"I'm the ranking member on the committee, and I have to have a working relationship with the secretary."

"The main reason why I felt very strongly that we wouldn’t have a shutdown is that by having a shutdown you basically ceded power to the president."

"I will say, over these last few years, it gets harder every single year. The middle is disappearing."

"This is not really an issue like in Michigan... it’s really been an issue that Republicans have trying to exploit."