Tom Coburn: “the overall point of all this is we can do this the easy way or we can do this the hard way. The hard way is what the…”

“the overall point of all this is we can do this the easy way or we can do this the hard way. The hard way is what the American people expect us to do--and the hard way is paying for this. The easy way is not to pay for it. The easy way is to walk out of here this Friday having maybe passed your amendment or not. It is not going to make any difference in terms of the farmers because it isn't going anywhere. We have already been told that. The hard way is to make the tough choices about the priority of the Government spending of this country and say the farmers ought to be prioritized at this point in time. We are going to do the hard work to make the cuts somewhere else to pay for it.”