Ron Johnson actually said...

"I believe Senator Coburn--I do not want to speak for him, but I think he estimates the total dollar cost of those duplicated programs is somewhere approaching $300 billion per year."

"I think a sunset committee is a great idea. I have been proposing one since I got here."

"I was kind of surprised at the implementation rate--12 percent implemented, 66 percent partially implemented--but I am not really seeing the dollar savings."

"So, Mr. Chairman, I think the way we need to do this is we need to pass a budget with those recommendations attached and remove the dollars that those recommendations say we can save, and I think that..."