"We have to recognize that, which cuts really help us and which cuts hurt our future? And cuts in education, scientific research and the rest are harmful, and they are what are affected by the sequestration.
So, it is almost a false argument to say we have a spending problem. We have a budget deficit problem that we have to address."~Nancy Pelosi
"The gun lobby and its allies willfully lied about the bill... There are no coherent arguments for why we didn't do this... All in all, this was a pretty shameful day for Washington" ~Barack Obama
April, 2013