And let me jump in on that because I think you are right.
It was only that sort of blind notion that somehow not raising the debt ceiling was a solution to our fiscal problems th...
The burden, the real burden of this committee, this House, and the Senate, and the President is to get rid of it one way...
Secretary Panetta, in particular, has been very forceful on explaining how awful sequestration will be.
Those numbers don't add up.
We can't hold hostage steps that will do that to the notion that we have to have a balanced budget right now or even in ...
I completely agree with the chairman that sequestration is not a good idea. It would be bad for our economy, bad for def...
If we are truly, truly committed to providing for the men and women who serve us and providing for our national security...
I hope this committee can begin to be part of the process of starting a realistic debate that can avoid the truly awful ...
The Administration is aware of the fact that this is the law. And until we change it, it is potential.
Let me tell you, that attitude that you expressed right there is the number one biggest problem in solving the problem, ...
Government spending matters. You can't just blindly cut it and assume that there is no problem.
It definitely needs to be avoided.
We have a $1.2 trillion deficit, actually 1.3 last year, a 38-percent deficit, and it needs to be addressed.
It is, you know, a sort of mindless across-the-board cut in all discretionary spending. So education, transportation, in...
We must ensure that our military remains the strongest in the world, regardless of budget constraints.
I certainly believe in credible data.
And just for what everybody has been talking about, do we have the workforce now to implement the strategy that we are t...
