Mike Lee actually said...

"It doesn't seem to me to be a very good idea, if we want something to happen, to say 'may' rather than 'shall.'"

"I was a big fan of that. I was in high school when it passed, and I had great optimism for it."

"I think tying the spending reductions to the debt limit increase is very important."

"We can't speak now for what successive Congresses will do."