Tulsi Gabbard actually said...

"This is one of the few places where things happen fast, right, Mr. Chairman?"

"My testimony today is guided by the principle that deficit reduction should not increase unemployment and poverty, nor harm the disadvantaged."

"We cannot cut our way to prosperity and we cannot ask the least among us to solve our nation's fiscal crisis."

"Reductions in defense spending must be responsible and cannot come at the expense of our military readiness."