04/13/2010
https://www.congress.gov...
"Sequester is purely the fallout of political gridlock."
"Sequestration is the law, but Congress makes the laws."
"the threat of sequestration is, as you said, 'a national security crisis of the first order.'"
"In the extreme, the United States could find itself in a position where it must either abandon an important national interest or enter a conflict for which it is not fully prepared."