Robert Casey actually said...

"I worry about the incredibly, extremely negative effects that the government shutdown and the threat of default have on our foreign policy and our national security."

"The entire global financial system depends, in large measure, on the faith that the U.S. Government can and always will pay its debt."

"When our role in the world is so important to the United States' well-being, both in terms of security and economic well-being, and to the stability in the world, why would this kind of a manufactured..."

"I would really commend the States, Senator, for the manner in which they have determined how they are going to put together the funding packages to make this program work."