Mike Turner actually said...

"The President's sequestration was intended to be a process by which the President would seek, with Congress, alternative offsets so that defense would not bear the brunt of these cuts."

"I opposed this from the beginning because I feared that we would be right here where we are, where the President is not coming to the table with any recommendations for us to be able to find those off..."

"one more year of sequestration would be absolutely devastating to our military."

"despite the assurances that Treasury's role, as well as the Presidential task force for the auto industry, was purely advisory, ... played a direct role in GM's decisions and operations up to and thro..."