Nearly two weeks ago, Sen. Daniel Inouye told us that the stalemate over the federal government’s debt limit was “doing this nation harm” (read the full story). 

In a post to his Twitter account, Inouye appeared to have little patience with the cliffhanger on Capitol Hill Thursday night. Uncertainty over whether the House would vote on Speaker John Boehner‘s plan to raise the debt ceiling persisted for hours before the vote was delayed until Friday.

Now, the deeply partisan debate will pick up where it left off Thursday night.

Here’s the complete statement that Inouye posted to Twitter in segments:

“We’re hurting ourselves every minute we wait to make a decision. We’re hurting American businesses who don’t know what to do or expect. They are afraid to invest. And to create the jobs this country desperately needs these businesses must invest. The time for politicking is over. We have to act immediately.”