Jim Inhofe: “reductions of the scale that would be imposed by sequestration would have devastating effects on the ability of the U.S.…”

There is no state that is more dependent upon the issues that are brought in this Committee hearing, and this is the reason I got on it in the first place.

We have to stop the spending immediately.

In April, inflation was up 8.3 percent, and the average American family is spending an extra $569 every month just to buy basic necessities.

I think it needs to be said over and over again by knowledgeable people, such as we have here today, on this overspending, overregulation, the damage that is being done.