"I completely agree with the chairman that sequestration is a problem right now."
"Personally, I think revenue has to be part of the equation."
"So let's be realistic about the choices we face and realistic about the fact that revenue has to be a piece of the equation."
"I think that has to be on the table."
"I do agree with the chairman that it is time for all parties concerned to come together and try to find a solution to this very damaging problem."
"We must ensure that our military remains the strongest in the world, regardless of budget constraints."
"I completely agree with the chairman that sequestration is not a good idea. It would be bad for our economy, bad for defense."
"It is, you know, a sort of mindless across-the-board cut in all discretionary spending. So education, transportation, infrastructure, on down the line--it would have a devastating impact."
"Secretary Panetta, in particular, has been very forceful on explaining how awful sequestration will be."
"The burden, the real burden of this committee, this House, and the Senate, and the President is to get rid of it one way or the other, to make sure that it doesn't happen."
"It was only that sort of blind notion that somehow not raising the debt ceiling was a solution to our fiscal problems that forced us into this awful, awful decision."
"We have a $1.2 trillion deficit, actually 1.3 last year, a 38-percent deficit, and it needs to be addressed."