Kelly Ayotte actually said...

"There is a clear consensus among those who have served and have formerly served in the military, the devastating impact on our ability to defend the Nation and our men and women in uniform."

"We are in a position where that is a huge chunk of 12 percent that does nothing for us, on what we are spending that money?"

"You and I just have a disagreement on whether this is a productive way to look at things, and I know that the American people will decide themselves on what they think about that."

"We owe the people who really need this fund, and it is important to them that we actually try to solve the long-term viability of it."