Pat Ryan actually said...

I hesitate to say this, but, Dr. Rivlin I think I agreed with everything you said in your opening statement.

The sequester will take effect, and we will see abrupt and indiscriminate cuts in government spending, unless we act.

I do not believe this is in the national interest, and the President claims that he agrees.

The balanced approach, I hear this quite a bit these days. The President already has a pretty steep tax increase in his budget.