Tom Harkin actually said...

"my colleagues and I adamantly oppose any unbalanced approach that protects the Pentagon and the wealthiest 2 percent in our society while ignoring cuts to nondefense services, including education, tha..."

"As far as I'm concerned, a laid-off teacher is just as unemployed as a laid-off defense contractor, and they're both paid by the taxpayers."

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

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