On the recordJuly 21, 2011
Yes. I think the leader has an excellent point. To not be here this weekend when the Nation stares at the first default in our 200-some-odd year history is amazing to me, that they would be gone. And when you think about it, either they do not care about defaulting on the debt--and we know Speaker Boehner does care about that default. I think he is aware of what terrible problems it would create for this country for decades to come. So the answer must be what the leader is saying; that is, they hope to jam us at the last minute with something and say: Take it or leave it, which is playing with fire. I can assure my colleagues in the House that is not how we are going to play ball here. There has to be a fair compromise, not something they come up with at the last minute and sort of toss it over here. That could create default, and if they do it, it would be on their shoulders.
