04/04/2017
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"Using the debt ceiling as leverage in the deficit debate is unwise and dangerous."
"If the USS United States goes down, we all go down together, Democrats and Republicans."
"If we default next week, even technically, your view, I believe, is that that will make our ability to do almost everything, including deal with the long-term entitlement problem, much more difficult."
"The impact on Main Street, I mean, one of the issue with prioritization Senator Brown mentioned was we are not prioritizing between paying Federal debt and trivial expenses of the Government."