Ability Quote by Barack Obama

But I think the global economy will understand that the United States has the ability to meet its obligations. But it's not going to…

— Charles Bass

Congress must do what we said we would and find ways to pay for bills we propose so we don't leave future generations mired…

— Sharice Davids

What I'm concerned about is endless borrowing, which is going to compromise our economy not only today but in the future. Because we know…

— Paul Ryan

“I don’t think we’ll solve the problem of the deficit until three things happen: We need more discipline on spending in Congress. We need…

— Ronald Reagan

I am specifically concerned about the idea that the legislative process is one that gets characterized the way it is as the 'fiscal cliff.'…

— Lloyd Blankfein

Congress should just do its job and pass a transportation-infrastructure bill - a regular bill that doesnt borrow money and mortgage my future.

— Steve Stivers

Congress should just do its job and pass a transportation-infrastructure bill - a regular bill that doesn't borrow money and mortgage my future.

— Steve Stivers

What we are effectively doing, I say this to the young people of America whom my colleagues represent, is leaving our children and grandchildren…

— John Spratt

If you look through history, all of the great work we've done in Congress has been around a table of compromise, when it comes…

— Claire McCaskill

I certainly don't want our nation to go into default, but at the same time, I'm very concerned about our ongoing debt problem.

— Randy Hultgren

I think what's important to understand is if the United States hits the debt ceiling and is unable to pay its debts, the consequences…

— Kenneth Chenault

In fact, I think - our view of this is that while the agreement, the compromise did not achieve the kind of super-sized deficit…

— Jay Carney