Martin Heinrich actually said...

"If they do shut down, even if the rest of the country doesn't slip into a recession, every day that those labs are closed we get closer to recession in the State of New Mexico."

"I think we've got to realize how much damage we are doing to ourselves."

"I can guarantee you the only outcome of that will be that we have more debt and higher deficits because of that kind of irresponsible behavior."

"I think for the purpose of the average consumer, if they're looking at Western Atlantic bluefin tuna, and they believe stocks to be down 80 percent from where they were historically... they don't feel..."