Joseph Lieberman actually said...

"I would like to work with you on it to see whether we can have an agreement where we as the authorizers will agree on how to deal with this problem that we both agree exists."

"A lot of these cuts are forced on you by the Budget Control Act, which we adopted."

"Congress has surely failed more times than not in reorganizing government in a major way."

"Budgets have to carefully balance our Nation's needs with what we can afford."