"The Obama Administration has misled the American people with horror story after horror story about the sequester."
"I am appalled the President has thrown the men and women who would take a bullet for him, the Secret Service, under the bus for canceling White House tours."
"We have people who can speak to some of these claims here today, and that is part of the purpose of this hearing, is to identify some common sense ways that we can cut costs and improve efficiency in ..."
"The bottom line, is agencies should have planned better for sequester."
"The American people have a right to know why they continue to be misled by this Administration in an effort to score cheap political points."
"Just to the same gentleman, while citrus greening may be a problem, is it not also true, or in your judgment, is a $16 trillion debt a problem as well..."
"Finding solutions to this problem is incumbent on the courts, businesses, the Patent and Trademark Office, and on this Congress."
"I view it as a tremendous threat to our Fourth Amendment protections because it is the Government subsidizing privacy violations."
"The only way that can happen is if rhetoric is also matched by law, if in fact law is enforced and overseen."
"I believe that this hearing will help shine more light on how our tort system burdens the U.S. economy, reduces job creation, inhibits capital investment, and stifles innovation."
"Forty-nine conferences, 12 million bucks, but we are going to have 90-minute delays because of the sequester, right?"