Heidi Heitkamp actually said...

"I want to assure the witnesses, we understand that your time is valuable, but your stories are extraordinarily important."

"I think it's going pretty well if the adults have taken over."

"I am struck because we are talking not only about the shutdown, but we are also talking about this uncertainty about the debt limit and what interest rates--how they all affect all of you."

"Damages will be visited on every American if we do this."