Bennie Thompson actually said...

Without them we would not be able to fill vacancies, maintain competitive salaries or continue to offer paid internships.

I cannot overstate the difficulty an additional budget cut would create on this committee's staff.

Our mission is to keep America safe, and we have to do it, obviously within the confines of the budget.

Today, we are here to examine whether the Nigerian group known as Boko Haram poses a threat to the United States.