It doesn't control spending, so let's just get rid of the debt ceiling all together.

It would be fair to describe that as crashing the American solar industry.

my hard earned experience tells me that when the Republican Party acts on pollution related and corruption related issues, the Party acts as the glove for fossil fuels dark hand.

Thank you Senator Grassley.

That is the Default on America Act that House Republicans are taking our economy hostage for.

I've never heard a colleague say you know what? Methane leakage is a really good thing. We're for that.

Make no mistake, it doesn't matter who you vote for, what state you live in, or what you make.

Come to the table. Work with us to simply pay our country's bills like we have so many times before.

I think that that is not coincidental.

What House Republicans have voted for is one massive gift to the Chinese government.

You do not mess with the American debt.

If we end up going into this Republican threatened default, and all the pain and calamity that all of the witnesses have forecast comes to pass, people in America are going to want to know who is responsible.

For the record, the MAGA extremists in the House who were essential to McCarthy's speakership have said that nothing less than the Default on America Option will pass.

No apology needed, Senator Lujan, you have a very important voice.

If we end up going into this Republican threatened default, and all the pain and calamity that all of the witnesses have forecast comes to pass, people in America are going to want to know who is responsible.

275 out of 315 pages of the dirty Default on America Bill are devoted to giveaways to the fossil fuel industry.

I think that that is not coincidental.

No apology needed, Senator Lujan, you have a very important voice.

I'm thinking about the folks who have the car loans on adjustable, or they have adjustable rate mortgages.

What is in plain view in the House Default on America Act is 275 out of 315 pages that are giveaways to the fossil fuel industry.

For the record, the MAGA extremists in the House who were essential to McCarthy's speakership have said that nothing less than the Default on America Option will pass.

275 out of 315 pages of the dirty Default on America Bill are devoted to giveaways to the fossil fuel industry.

Make no mistake, it doesn't matter who you vote for, what state you live in, or what you make.

On Monday, Leader Schumer, along with Senators Murray, Wyden and I introduced a two page bill to stave off default through the end of 2024.

do not let Speaker McCarthy's partisan, hostage taking win the day, and lose the 21st Century.