Tom Cole actually said...

"The real elephant in the room is the thing that nobody wants to talk about: What are you going to do to either sustain or, you know, reform Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid?"

"I just wanted to do that. Because the budget looks pretty good to me, broadly speaking."

"we need to use all the techniques at our disposal. Land management is certainly one of them."

"Let's get that deal first before we worry about the next one."