I think at the end of the day we have to raise the debt…

It's not about what the speaker wants. It's not about necessarily what I want. There's two other principles involved here. It's what the constituents…

— Tim Huelskamp

Here's the perversity of Wall Street's psychology: The more Wall Street is convinced that Washington will act rationally and raise the debt ceiling, most…

— Andrew Ross Sorkin

I'm not going to raise the debt ceiling.

— Ted Yoho

When President Obama asked Congress to raise the debt ceiling $2 trillion and offered sequestration as an offset, I opposed it. I did not…

— Mike Turner

If I was in Congress, I would not vote to raise the debt ceiling.

— Sean Hannity

The president says we need to raise the debt ceiling because America pays its bills. No if we paid our bills we wouldn't have…

— Peter Schiff

I think it's scary for consumer confidence and for confidence in U.S. businesses and potential credit ratings if we don't make sure that we…

— Andy Jassy

We're not going to default. We just won't default. I mean, there are ways of not defaulting even if you don't raise the debt…

— Eric Bolling

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

— Mike Lee

Boxing is what pays my bills.

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr

Hard work pays off and pays the bills.

— Anonymous

Of course, fighting's first. That's what I do; that's what pays my bills, you know.

— Stipe Miocic

I have no particular objection to death by its very nature; it pays all bills.

— Vikrant Parsai

I still believe in rock and roll, it pays my bills.

— Jimmy Buffett

When President Obama was in the Senate, when he was a U.S. senator, he voted against raising the debt ceiling. And he said it…

— Cathy McMorris Rodgers