Mark Warner actually said...

"the big chunk of our retirement funds--I can tell you, as a former mayor, we invested in U.S. securities all the time because it is the safest and the right place to put the money."

"I look forward to working with you and Senator Sessions and all our colleagues on making sure we do not get to that point."

"it would impact direct services and potential services that local governments could provide because their ability to borrow would diminish if there is a debt crisis."

"if we have those discussions, we may have assumptions that we can lay down, but then we at least can know what those numbers will be"