Ceilings Quote by Michele Bachmann

Raising the debt ceiling is not additional spending. It is simply saying, you, the United States of America, can continue to borrow the money…

— Jay Carney

I think at the end of the day we have to raise the debt ceiling, because America pays its bills.

— Terri Sewell

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

If we weren't running deficits, if we weren't spending more than we were taking in, there would be no reason whatsoever to increase the…

— Ron Johnson

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

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…

— Jay Carney

When you don't have as much debt as we do, we don't have to worry about having this debt ceiling fight every single year.…

— Katie Pavlich

An increase in the debt ceiling should be accompanied by fundamental policy reforms, substantial budget savings, and a strong enforcement mechanism to tie the…

— Jerome Powell

The Republican argument that raising the debt ceiling encourages additional future spending is logically irresponsible. The debt ceiling has to be raised to authorize…

— Eliot Spitzer

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…

— Bob Corker

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

“The debt ceiling is not what causes our problems, it's the only thing that might help solve our problems.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour