Amy Klobuchar actually said...

"We have made some progress, as we all know, with, first of all, the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles Commission."

"There is a sense of urgency--Senator Coats and I were together last night at a meeting--a sense of urgency that we have not had for awhile."

"We simply cannot afford to have a repeat of what happened last December with the brinkmanship."

"What I see as holding us back right now is the inconsistency that we have seen in tax policy."