John Mica actually said...

"Well, I tell you, this is extremely frustrating. I may be in the weeds, but if you don't get in the weeds, you know, the country is going to go down the tubes."

"I think, you know, in a time when we are running multitrillion-dollar deficits that we have got to look at every activity of Government."

"No one wants to fire anybody. No one wants to get rid of any employees. That is not what this is about."

"For me it is not a discussion about 1,200 jobs; it is a discussion about 1,200 people, 1,200 careers, 1,200 families who can't survive on minimum wage."