It's an absolute disgrace that we're going home. We should stay here until 'The Sequester' has ended. This is a stupid way to do it.

we are treating the military differently than we are treating every other segment of Federal Government.

I don't know to whom to ask this question.

I mean, the fact is, as I think your testimony elicits today, is that when the sequestration was actually first designed in 1985, I mean, because that is really the formula that we are operating under, is the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings design…

But in terms of real savings, I mean, that is where I think, you know, holding off repair work is kind of like not getting your oil change in your car.

Every State is going to be impacted by sequestration.

I voted against this mess. And I voted against this mess because I thought we would be right here, right where we are, with this clock ticking, 14 hours and 15 minutes until sequestration hits in what I believe will be devastating impacts…

I voted against this.

I voted against the this mess, because I believed that we would be right here, right where we are

You will be the last word in the House of Representatives as sequestration falls into place in approximately 13 hours from now, the cuts that were never intended to happen.

Sequestration will have an effect in the short term and is expected to exacerbate the long term strike fighter shortfall.

this future budget planning is like painting a color-by-numbers picture while blindfolded in the back of a C-130 [Hercules tactical airlifter], flying through a thunderstorm.

We built a strategy last year that we said we can execute and absorb $487 billion. I can't sit here today and guarantee you that if you take another $175 [billion] that that strategy remains solvent.

How will you make cuts to major defense acquisition programs without forcing them into a Nunn-McCurdy breach?

Would sequestration and a yearlong CR scenario impact the procurement of F-35Cs and F-35Bs?

What measures will you take to mitigate the impact of sequestration on counter-IED efforts that could potentially diminish the Department's flexibility and increase risks to rapidly respond to unanticipated requirements?

According to the Commandant's planning guidance, the Marine Corps seeks to develop an expeditionary force capable of forcible entry to support the National Military Strategy during emerging conflicts and instabilities.

If the continuing resolution is in place for a full year, what impact does this have on the execution of the Marine Personnel Carrier and Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program?