Chris Van Hollen actually said...

A majority in this body, Mr. Chairman, on the Budget Control Act, voted to make sure that the programs like food and nutrition programs for ...

more of the same meaning cutting important investments, shredding the social safety net, and again protecting tax breaks for the wealthiest ...

I hope we will all take the same balanced approach to reducing the deficit as has been recommended by bipartisan commissions.

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