Chuck Schumer actually said...

"One of my colleagues... described it like the metaphor of the frog who jumps into a pot and the water just starts boiling"

"Thank you, Mr. Chairman."

"would the rearrangement, if there is flexibility, affect economic growth in any real way"

"The economic impact would be the same. I think the damage it would do to important investments, from defense to education, would be wrong."