Patrick Leahy actually said...

We need to see realistic alternatives to the kind of slash and burn politics that have taken over our budget debates.

We cannot put together a Federal budget that will put our fragile economy, and millions of jobs at risk.

I was just down in Haiti a couple weeks ago and visited one of the areas where they give prosthetics to amputees.

The impact of those cuts on the operations of our Embassies... would be dramatic.