Dr. Coburn discusses the sequester on the Senate floor.  

"The median household income in America last year was $53,000. In real dollars, that's less than what it was in 1989," Dr. Coburn said. "If we spent money in our households the way the federal government spends money, we would have spent $81,000. We would have only earned $53,000 but spent $81,000.....If we cut the amount of spending in the sequester as a percentage of the total federal budget as to the median family income in America, we would have cut $182. That puts it in perspective."