Bill Pascrell said...

Let's not forget a House Republican, Mr. Chairman, brought our nation to the brink of devastating default with the debt ...

Our Treasury debt has long been the world's safest asset, historically, but default extortion has lowered credit ratings...

I look at this hearing as a kind of smokescreen, a cover-up for the majority's extremist agenda to gut Social Security.

We are here, as I see it--and correct my perception--but we here, to find a way to bring people together.