James Inhofe actually said...

"The steepness of sequestration does not allow us to balance end strength, modernization, and readiness."

"Our Nation's historical experience of pursuing cost savings by cutting military compensation has demonstrated that periods of designed reduction in overall compensation levels resulted in retention pr..."

"Those retention problems, especially in the context of generally improving civilian employment opportunities, meant that Congress was required to come back and authorize catch-up increases."

"If our concern is to do away with our reliance upon foreign countries, we can do that quite easily just by developing the resources that we have right now."