Hillary Scholten actually said...

"As you have seen, last week, some extremist Republicans indicated that they would be willing to shut down the Government rather than keep their party's promises on Government funding levels."

"Thank you so much to our witnesses for joining us here today, and to the committee as a whole for this critical discussion."

"As my colleague Representative Phillips said, this is an issue that has been blown up by both parties."

"We need to put the politics aside and focus on solutions which is what I hope we can do here today."