Rand Paul

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.

So 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.

This is the emotionalism that's always used to argue against any cuts. This is not enough cuts.

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.

I voted against the sequester because I didn't think it was enough.

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 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 anybody not going to stand up and call…

It's a pittance. I mean, it's a slowdown in the rate of growth.

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, and now he's going to tell us that…

The Federal Government has failed. The Federal Government is unable, really, to judge teachers.

I'm for empowering those groups even more, letting them decide with the parents whether they should be involved in the testing.

I think innovation helps. I think competition helps.

You could totally transform and improve education if you'd let the dollars flow with the child.

I think it is good that you are accepting responsibility because no one else is.

One of the things that disappointed me most about the original 9/11 was no one was fired.

I think it is inexcusable that you did not know about this and that you did not read these cables.

It was a failure of leadership not to be involved. It was a failure of leadership not to know these things.

Had I been president at the time and I found that you did not read the cables from Benghazi, you did not read the cables from Ambassador Stevens, I would have relieved you of your post. I think it's inexcusable.

Had I been president at the time, and I found that you did not read the cables from Benghazi, you did not read the cables from Ambassador Stevens, I would have relieved you of your post. I think it's inexcusable.

I don't think the Federal Government should be taking away the choice from consumers whether they hold their cash in coins or dollars, and the public agrees with that position.

So we have a change in the monetary medium of exchange imposed by government where dollar bills are withdrawn from circulation and replaced by dollar coins and the gain to government is wholly due to increased costs to the private sector.

This is a matter I have followed for over a decade, and I must say I think the proposal to replace all dollar bills with dollar coins doesn't make any more sense today than it did 10 years ago.

This 3-to-2 ratio would increase seigniorage interest savings a lot more than the increase in the cost of producing the coins.

I think that's a mistake. If it's bad to raise taxes on everyone, it's also bad to raise taxes on 40 percent of the nation's income.

I think that compromise could get to some spending cuts.