I think some of our members may have thought the default issue was a hostage you might take a chance at shooting. Most of us didnโt think that. What we did learn is this - itโs a hostage thatโs worth ransoming. And it focuses the Congress on something that must be done.
Mitch McConnellWe hear the stories every day now: the father who puts on a suit every morning and leaves the house so his daughter doesn't know he lost his job, the recent college grad facing up to the painful reality that the only door that's open to her after four years of study and a pile of debt is her parents'. These are the faces of the Obama economy.
Mitch McConnellA reporter asked recently, 'What keeps you up at night?' I replied that I generally sleep well, but if I ever do have trouble, I don't have to count sheep. I count all the states I'm glad I'm not the governor of.
Mitch McConnell