Tom Coburn: “I would just tell you, when we look at sequester, the gentleman sitting before us today could save us a third of that…”

That is when we do our best work here.

As stewards of the Federal purse, we should be ensuring that we are doing all that we can to save taxpayer dollars and create efficiency in Government.

What do they make, Senator Heitkamp, about $6 or $7 billion a year?

That is not partisan. That is just due to the fact that there is not a commitment to reconciliation and working together to get things done.