On the recordSeptember 28, 2013
What you are proposing in this legislation-- basically shutting down the government and stiffing our creditors--is really stupid, and here is why. We have got to move on. We have had a debate about health care. Some of us are strongly in favor of this legislation, and some of us are strongly opposed to it. That's a legitimate policy debate, but the folks for it won in Congress; they won in the Supreme Court; and they won in the last Presidential election. At a certain point--I've been on the losing side, by the way--it's time to say, Sober up. Move on. Get on with the program. Focus on what are the implementation challenges, and work on them together. But the notion that we would actually suggest that it's possible for us to consider stiffing our creditors in shutting down the government and inflicting pain on innocent people--that's bizarre. It has no place in this debate. Sometimes we win debates and sometimes we lose, but either side, we've got to move on.
