Jim McDermott actually said...

For years we have had to listen to the Republicans lighting their hair on fire on cable TV about the temporary large deficits we have.

When we don't pay our debts, they stop hiring.

And it seems to me that the issue really here is whether we are going to tear the safety net out, say to seniors, we are not going to cover ...

If you pass a law, even the threat of passing the law, under the Clinton administration, suddenly health care costs kind of leveled off.