Tom Cole actually said...

"So our goal is to fashion a budget that focuses on the things that work, that tries to decrease the areas where there are either duplications or redundancies or waste."

"these are public dollars, and that scrutiny is very, very appropriate and questions from all sides are very, very appropriate."

"Until we actually get the numbers where we can appropriate, things don't happen."

"If we don't get to a good number in the nondefense area, we will inevitably end up doing something that nobody on either side of the aisle wants to do."