Mike Lee actually said...

"Prolonged sequestration will force difficult choices concerning nuclear modernization and sustainment programs."

"It seems to me that if the administration did, in fact, think this situation was this dire, as dire as you are explaining it to us, I would expect to see that issue, those sets of issues, receive a lo..."

"will we see changes in our strategic objectives and priorities because of budget restraints?"

"The Nation will be more secure and will achieve more sustainable savings if reductions in defense spending are made in a more reasoned way."