Shaun Donovan: “Your leadership in the bipartisan passage of the HEARTH Act showed that there is a growing recognition that investing in…”

We cannot afford a return to mindless austerity.

The Affordable Care Act is working.

I would really describe [sequestration], in many cases, as mindless austerity, cutting just simply straight across the budget without reflecting, really, which are the critical investments.

Don't take my word for it; the Joint Chiefs have spoken out, I think, very effectively over the last few weeks that our national security would be put at risk by a return to sequestration.