Ceiling Quote by Ron Johnson

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

If we hit the debt ceiling, that's... essentially defaulting on our obligations, which is totally unprecedented in American history. The impact on the economy…

— Austan Goolsbee

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

— Sean Hannity

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

— Terri Sewell

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…

— Michele Bachmann

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

But the debt limit obviously is something that needs to and will be passed. That is not inconsistent with a process and a belief…

— David Plouffe

My point is cutting spending shouldn't be reliant on the debt limit though. It's something we have to do. The good news for America…

— David Plouffe

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

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

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

We need to get rid of the debt ceiling law. It's anachronistic and it's a problem.

— Mark Zandi