treasury won't show me, the ranking member of the senate finance committee, how they are arrest raoeufrg at that estimate -- arriving at that estimate. i have not been informed, congress has not been informed and americans counting on timely social security payments have not been informed. almost every member of the fsoc including treasury and federal reserve refused to provide me with information. even if the debt limit is raised there is no assurance we won't face a downgrade. we need to know the government's plans. it should rise above politics. mr. president, as i've said repeatedly, this is unacceptable. i want to be clear about two things. first, congress will have to look into this matter very carefully and investigate whether treasury and most of our major financial regulators have been deliberately withholding information from congress. and if so, for what purposes. second, assuming that down the road treasury will present congress with another default date, i want to put them on notice that this fall i will be demanding timely substantiation of treasury's assessment and the gov

treasury won't show me, the ranking member of the senate finance committee, how they are arrest raoeufrg at that estimate -- arriving at that estimate. i have not been informed, congress has not been informed and americans counting on timely social security payments have not been informed. almost every member of the fsoc including treasury and federal reserve refused to provide me with information. even if the debt limit is raised there is no assurance we won't face a downgrade. we need to know the government's plans. it should rise above politics. mr. president, as i've said repeatedly, this is unacceptable. i want to be clear about two things. first, congress will have to look into this matter very carefully and investigate whether treasury and most of our major financial regulators have been deliberately withholding information from congress. and if so, for what purposes. second, assuming that down the road treasury will present congress with another default date, i want to put them on notice that this fall i will be demanding timely substantiation of treasury's assessment and the gov