It is simply science fiction fantasy to say that, if you do not raise the debt ceiling, that everything is going to collapse.

I don't want a government shutdown. I don't think anyone does.

I'm nobody's deputy. I am who I am. I'm my own person.

The Tea Party has an important voice in the country and now they have a voice in the U.S. Senate.

We can't legislate the creation of jobs, but we can legislate things that will allow jobs to be created.

Yes. That's exactly what I'm saying and I've been saying this for six months.

I think I was about 30 before I realized that not every family talks about the presentment clause on a regular basis.