Joe Courtney actually said...

"We can't continue to run a trillion-dollar deficit every year and not have it impact every aspect of our society."

"this is not stuff that, you know, again, you can just sort of eat with a flat line from last year's CR."

"the objective of Gramm-Rudman was to have the threat of the sequester force compromise and action."

"And obviously it has a ripple effect on the workforce when you cancel repairs, you know, planning for having folks in the shipyards obviously takes a hit when that happens."