Rob Portman actually said...

"If Congress were to raise the debt limit without--without--addressing the underlying problem of spending, doing nothing on it, which is what a lot of folks are recommending, including the President, w..."

"I think you made a really good point that if we do not get our health care costs under control, it is unlikely that our fiscal condition can be saved."

"I would say to my colleague from Maine that, at the risk of getting him in trouble, it sounded like he was channeling Tom Coburn more than Bernie Sanders."

"I think that if we are talking about reducing spending, which we should be, as well as raising revenues, that is where we should be focusing on."