Brian Higgins actually said...

$47 billion in Medicare provided payments that are due June 1 would not go out.

$12 billion as of June 1, if we default, $12 billion in veterans benefits would not be sent out.

You know, it has long been known and long ignored that Social Security has a customer service problem.

We paid $400 billion down on the national debt. That kind of growth was only made possible by the investment that this Congress made in the ...