Daniel Inouye actually said...

I can assure you that we are doing our very best to avoid sequestration, because if that ever happens then this hearing is for naught.

Chairman Inouye, as a Medal of Honor winner who has personally witnessed the horrors of combat, I wanted to bring to your attention...

I am hopeful that we can pass this bill out of the Senate in the near future.

It is therefore incumbent on us to deal with this real and persistent management problem.