Mark Begich actually said...

I think this Committee has a huge opportunity for oversight and what we can do to help the Federal Government operate in a much better way.

The level of our spending is just--there is no end in sight, unfortunately, and it is out of control.

It is up to the Congress to take, obviously, responsibility to control spending more seriously.

The McCain-Carper bill demonstrates that common ground does exist for meaningful action and it needs to be taken now.