I would urge you to be careful in your response as well.

Many of us have made suggestions to them as to how to come up with a balanced approach to deficit reduction.

Help us be ready in 2014 and still able to win in 2023.

Sequestration is arbitrary and irrational.

Sequestration has raised questions among our allies about our ability to manage our affairs.

The successful conclusion of the budget conference between the Senate and the House is essential if we're going to address the problem of sequestration.

If sequestration continues, the Services will have to cut Active and Reserve component end strength.

The real issue is whether government is going to be functioning while we negotiate.

Everybody wants us to negotiate. It is obvious we should negotiate. It is obvious that the negotiations have to be bipartisan.

Negotiate, of course, but for heaven's sakes, pay our bills while we negotiate.

He actually had said before that--he referred to those as 'whore doctors.'

Thanks, Val. I agree something needs to be done. I have directed Judge Andrus on several occasions to take care of this. He is either unwilling or unable to handle the situation.

You say--according to Cristaudo, you have often mentioned that Judge Daugherty fails to comply with time and attendance.

I am sorry that I missed the previous questions, but I just want to get one thing clear.

They tried to discredit you because they believed you had spoken to a reporter about what was going on in the office.

Zero. I have no further questions. I am done.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

Well, it is stunning and shocking information.

That is pretty stunning testimony, I have to tell you.

This report is a prime example of a bipartisan congressional oversight effort, as the entire investigation has been.

Senator Coburn has already described what this investigation has uncovered: a case study of conduct that is abusive, fraudulent, longstanding, and intolerable.

There are a bunch of pages here on most of these forms, right?

I hope it will have an impact in many ways.

It is our tradition now as well--it is not just the rules--that we participate and work together in a bipartisan way.

Thank you very much, Senator Carper. And first let me commend Senator Coburn for his leadership and for his and his staff's hard work in uncovering the abuses that are the subject of today's hearing.