05/13/2009
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"the proposal that our Republican colleagues in the House have made is that we would, relative to today's sequester, we would increase our spending on defense, and we would make up for that increase by..."
"the Republican budget turns it into a block ramp, and cuts it to a level where it is one-third below the Congressional Budget projected levels."
"I could not agree more that we should take our existing resources and channel them to programs that work."
"I must confess I find the timing of this hearing particularly strange."