Steve Chabot actually said...

"We are borrowing money from China to give back to China to improve industrial energy efficiency, which will then drive down production costs to Chinese firms."

"The money has got to come from somewhere unless we are going to add to the deficit."

"We are spending far more money than we take in, which means that any additional expenditures that are made--and this is an additional expenditure that is being proposed here, correct?"

"I can guarantee you for the hardworking, taxpaying folks back in my district, that is a lot of money, more money than most see in an entire lifetime of work."