"We will be costing the taxpayer money under the guise of savings."
"I agree that entitlement reform has to be part of the mix."
"Our percent of GDP investing in infrastructure is pitifully small."
"You are going to have at least a 750,000 job hit."
"Our revenue as a percent of our GDP is at a historic low."
"I ask you to end the austerity budgeting that led to sequestration and ultimately these furloughs."
"I actually believe this undermining of readiness is almost a cancer inside."
"Virginia is ground zero on this issue because we have such a high preponderance of defense"
"I have put forward some of those approaches in past efforts, as you are aware, on both sides of the ledger."
"Sequestration was set up to be so stupid that no rational group of people would ever let it happen. Yet it is happening."
"I 100 percent believe... you have got to grow this budget."