Richard Shelby actually said...

since 2008, the education budget has increased $7.2 billion from $59.2 billion to $68.4 billion.

Our Nation is $15.8 trillion in debt, a number that grows by $42,000 every second.

I am disappointed that the administration to date has not provided the Congress any details on the impact of sequestration.

The time for ideological posturing is past. We all agree that sequestration would be tremendously destructive.