Chris Hollen actually said...

"The reality is that they put up something that didn't contain any of the backup that the President provided."

"Unfortunately, our Republican colleagues decided it was more important to protect some of those special interest tax loopholes than it was to protect the defense portion of the spending."

"I think we all agree that that meat-axe, indiscriminate approach is the wrong way to go."

"The sequester was included in the legislation as a last resort to encourage, to pressure the Congress to develop a bipartisan alternative."