Agendas Quote by Michael Bloomberg

You watch television and see what's going on on this debt ceiling issue. And what I consider to be a total lack of leadership…

— Steve Wynn

Our nation's debt has to be a concern for us all. It is not sustainable long-term.

— Jaime Harrison

Yes, it is long past time we get serious about tackling the nation's ever-growing deficits. But the average American family drawn into serious debt…

— Peter Welch

I really truly worry that the debt is one of the single biggest threat to the United States of America, that we're talking about…

— Jason Chaffetz

“Since America is in so much debt maybe President Trump will file bankrupt”

— Omar Hickman

I can tell you if you look at the polls, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, they do not think we should increase the debt limit.

— Jim DeMint

Debt ceiling is something that, you know, any time the president asks for the authority to increase the debt ceiling, the debt burden on…

— Ron Johnson

You [Donald Trump] call yourself the King of Debt. You talk about leverage. You even at one time suggested that you would try to…

— Hillary Clinton

I think he [Donald Trump] recognizes that a plan that would increase the deficit by $10 trillion over a decade is not a plan…

— Avik Roy

When you're the president of the United States and you know that the biggest issue facing you is this cliff that we're about ready…

— John Thune

Mike Pence did ask this question about debt and the debt explosion on the [Donald] Trump plan is much, much bigger than anything on…

— Tim Kaine

We agree with Simpson and Bowles and others who have looked at this. What's necessary is to stabilize the debt and then work from…

— David Axelrod