Martin Heinrich actually said...

"It would be easier to negotiate an outcome here if we knew what we were negotiating about."

"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."