Tom Harkin actually said...

I think it's really important, Mr. Chairman, that Americans do understand the deeply damaging impact to families and communities on the nond...

If we exempt defense alone, the entire burden for finding the $1.2 trillion in cuts would fall on, basically, this subcommittee.

This kind of price gouging is disgusting to me and, obviously, indefensible.

Student debt crossed the $1 trillion mark and surpassed credit card debt for the first time ever.