"Senator Rand Paul trying to bring back the old-fashioned talking filibuster."
"Something is happening tonight straight out of 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.'"
"It's a pittance. I mean, it's a slowdown in the rate of growth. There are no real cuts happening over 10 years."
"I'm not really willing to discuss in it the framework that he's made up for himself. I mean, for goodness sakes, it was his proposal. He proposed the sequester. It was his idea. He signed it into law,..."
"It's a pittance. I mean, it's a slowdown in the rate of growth."
"I think the sequester happens, and it will be in some ways a yawn, because the histrionics that are coming from the president, saying, oh, we're going to shut down and get rid of meat inspectors, is a..."
"I would say to the president, stand up and do the right thing. And don't ask us to squeeze more money out of the private sector, which we think is bad for jobs, in order for you to do the right thing."
"I'm not really willing to discuss it in the framework that he's made up for himself. I mean, for goodness sakes, it was his proposal."
"I voted against the sequester because I didn't think it was enough."
"It's a pittance. I mean, it's a -- it's a slowdown in the rate of growth. There are no real cuts happening over 10 years."
"We spend 47 percent of the total world spending on military. We spend more than the next 14 countries combined."
"I think until Pakistan steps up and says that we're not going to tolerate people who would kill someone like the little girl Malala... we shouldn't have to pay Pakistan to stand up."