"I was actually talking to the Head Start director in Norwich, Connecticut, who last Monday had a staff meeting announcing six layoffs of teachers driven by sequester."
"3-and 4-year-olds didn't cause the structural deficit that we are in right now and they shouldn't bear the burden."
"I don't get our values. I don't understand."
"This is something I really think, you know, resonates with the public when they see that kind of damage that is being done."
"I just wish we could take an issue or two issues and just figure it out."
"I want to thank the witness for their testimony, very frank testimony this morning, particularly about the impact of sequester."
"Your testimony clearly shows that we don't--we can't move on. I mean, we are far from out of the woods here."
"I always cite Phil Gramm, who invented sequester, who was quoted recently saying the purpose of sequester was not to be a policy but to in fact be an incentive for people to sit down and compromise an..."
"I think we do it better in terms of quality and yield than anyone in the world."
"I hope we maintain the bipartisan support that I think is witnessed by today's testimony and by what we did last year."
"Money for pest detection and eradication is absolutely essential."
"These programs not only help those who are at the bottom rung of our socioeconomic ladder but also they help American agriculture."