Heidi Heitkamp actually said...

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

"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."

"When you are in a hole, stop digging."

"If we default, if we continue to do this, we will reap the whirlwind of the consequences of that."