Roger Wicker actually said...

In my discussions with industry leaders, they expressed to me their concerns with the unsteady nature of the contract work they perform for ...

A 9 percent sequestration cut, when you cram it into half a year, turns out to be 18 percent.

Did we take the wrong approach in assuring the public and assuring ourselves that sequestration really was not going to happen?

Power, like nature, abhors a vacuum.