Peter DeFazio actually said...

The Republican-caused government shutdown is irresponsible, causing credible economic hardships to the public servants you have put out of w...

Our Nation is already threatened with a credit downgrade, close to the point of default, because the Republicans have linked their shutdown ...

Instead of trying to prevent economic hardship, potential financial catastrophe, we're having a hearing that is at best nonsensical.

This hearing is a sideshow, it's political theater.