Jack Reed actually said...

"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."

"the need for collective and bipartisan action to end sequestration."

"The rise of a military-capable ISIS threatens to erase national boundaries between Iraq and Syria."