On the recordFebruary 11, 2016
I remind the gentleman from New Jersey that there is no such thing as a gazillion dollars. Having said that, we are talking real money here. We are talking trillions of dollars in debt, no doubt. I think the gentleman made reference, as well, to the Constitution and spelled out that we shouldn't even hint at the notion of not paying our debt; yet that is exactly what this amendment would do, similar to legislation that passed here last year and the year before that that would suggest that maybe the United States won't pay its bills. That is not going to happen. Even in your own budget, you would raise the debt ceiling by $3 trillion in order to pass your budget. So you know you are going to raise--if you had your druthers, you would raise the debt ceiling as well. I think the gentleman from Wisconsin also had to understand that these are debts that are already owed, not future debts. They are debts we already owe that we have to pay back to make sure the world understands the U.S. pays its debts. The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentleman from New Jersey has expired.
