Debt Ceiling Quotes
24 quotes by 20 authors
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I think it's important that people know what raising the debt ceiling is. It's Congress giving permission to the federal government to borrow more money…
— Michele Bachmann
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Raising the debt ceiling is not additional spending. It is simply saying, you, the United States of America, can continue to borrow the money you…
— Jay Carney
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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 all…
— Peter Schiff
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I would be embarrassed to tell you how many folks ran saying that they weren't going to spend a bunch of money, they weren't going…
— Mick Mulvaney
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The bottom line is very simple. You negotiate on this, they will up the ante for the debt ceiling.
— Charles Schumer
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The debate we won't be having is whether or not the debt ceiling should be raised. We will not have a situation where people will…
— Jay Carney
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I would vote against raising the national debt ceiling. Again, this is about mortgaging the future of unborn generations of Americans. It's a form of…
— Mike Lee
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We need to get rid of the debt ceiling law. It's anachronistic and it's a problem.
— Mark Zandi
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Bless his heart, I have respect for Mitt Romney, but I do not have respect for what he has done through this debt increase debate.…
— Sarah Palin
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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
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America pays its bills. It always has. It always will. The fact that Washington is now debating whether to honor its debts and obligations, then,…
— Peter Welch
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If you ask the question of Americans, should we pay our bills? One hundred percent would say yes. There's a significant misunderstanding on the debt…
— Peter Welch
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The debt ceiling at some point has to be raised. I don't think there's anybody that questions the fact that if we ended up getting…
— Bob Corker
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If it took multiple debt ceiling hikes, I'd rather achieve the savings.
— Bob Corker
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Most of the major increases in the debt ceiling have been accompanied by structural changes in the way we raise and spend money.
— Charles Bass
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Obama has been perhaps the most partisan President since Truman. He hasn't learned to be civil - note his insulting speech to Paul Ryan, who…
— Grover Norquist
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The Republican argument that raising the debt ceiling encourages additional future spending is logically irresponsible. The debt ceiling has to be raised to authorize spending…
— Eliot Spitzer
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The debt-ceiling vote isn't about what will be done in the future; it is about the integrity of America's commitment to support the bonds we…
— John Sununu
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The truth is that the United States doesn't need, and shouldn't have, a debt ceiling. Every other democratic country, with the exception of Denmark, does…
— James Surowiecki
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Hikes in the debt ceiling - without any political demands from the opposition party - had been routine until President Obama took office.
— Juan Williams
Who Wrote These Debt Ceiling Quotes
20 authors contributed a total of 24 Debt Ceiling Quotes as follows: