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Sequestration is leverage that should not be given up easily.

— Max Baucus

The sequestration is a bad idea, all around. It is something that is out of the question. If you have spending cuts, education of…

— Nancy Pelosi

It's a shame that the president doesn't embrace the effort to reduce spending. None of us like using situations like the sequester or the…

— Mitch McConnell

We can reduce our deficit, and do it in a much more balanced way than sequestration, simply by fixing our tax code to get…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

You know, [congressmen] can talk about sequester, they can talk about all of the different things that they've - they're doing. But this isn't…

— Donald Trump

If we have to continue to live under sequestration, it will have a maximum impact on our ability to fulfill the president's strategic guidance.…

— Chuck Hagel

It is very difficult to spend "federal (the taxpayers') dollars" so that the intended result is achieved.

— Donald Rumsfeld

I came to Congress on the promise of cutting wasteful government spending. There are plenty of examples of the government playing loose with taxpayer…

— Ted Yoho

It is no longer appropriate for me as an American to sit by and expect my government to get it done.

— LeVar Burton

We say that anytime budgets are balanced and an ample savings account has been set aside, government should just stop collecting taxes. Better to…

— Mitch Daniels

It is not the role of government to use the taxation and welfare system as a tool to level the playing field.

— Joe Hockey

It is incumbent upon taxpayer advocates in elected office to call out unnecessary spending when they see it.

— Michelle Steel