If we reach the debt ceiling, we don't have to default. Getting to that point just won't allow us to reach new debt.

If it took multiple debt ceiling hikes, I'd rather achieve the savings.

I always think a debt ceiling is a good tool to carry something.

There was no avoiding the fact that we were going to hit our debt ceiling.

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 debt ceiling.

It is simply science fiction fantasy to say that, if you do not raise the debt ceiling, that everything is going to collapse.