Jack Reed actually said...

"If Congress does not act to end sequestration, I believe our long-term national security interests will be threatened."

"This goes to the perception of the world of the United States being both capable and resourced to carry out a strategy to support their allies and oppose their adversaries."

"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.'"