unquote. she made the comment while pointing to members of a women's college hockey team who were in the crowd. for the latest political news, you know where to go. cnnpolitics.com for the very latest. the debt ceiling, in plain english. a plan to keep air traffic controllers from sleeping on the job. a quick round up of what news makers and lawmakers said when they hit the talk show circuit this weekend. >> the debt ceiling is going to be the next big battle. it is the next big battle. can you really spell out in plain english for our viewers what is the impact if it's not raised for the united states and for the average american? >> i want to make it perfectly clear that congress will raise the debt ceiling. >> you're sure about that? >> absolutely. they recognize it. they told the president that on wednesday in the white house. i sat there with them. they said, we recognize we have to do this and we're not going to play around with it. we know the risk would be catastrophic. >> are you willing to send the president a clean bill? >> i don't want default.