Patty Murray actually said...

"I think we agree completely, Senator Sessions, that looking out 20, 30, 50 years, there are important issues that need to be confronted."

"The indiscriminate cuts from sequestration are threatening our fragile economic recovery, as well as our national security."

"I believe that our Senate budget does lay out a vision for tax reform that can reduce our deficits and strengthen the middle class and grow our economy in a broad-based and sustainable way."

"Lowering spending may reduce the deficit in the short term, but I want to ask how it affects prospects for future economic growth."