Mark Warner actually said...

"If we want to build for the future, if we want to have a scientific enterprise that's the envy of all others in the world, we're going to have to address these kinds of problems directly."

"We are in uncharted territory. We do not know what would happen. Why would we take that risk?"

"You could potentially have a circumstance where perhaps America does not default, but every State and every locality either is in an immediate budget crisis or they would have to default."

"So if we do not do reform, the status quo is going to even further harm rural communities, point one."