partly because there's this program on cspan called congress that is -- >> right. >> that i -- [ laughter ] >> congressman, i mean, you make the distinction between house republicans and house democrats. but the president doesn't seem to. do you -- does it irk you at all that he is going around the country basically running against congress and not really making the distinction between democrats and republicans? >> no. look, the president knows that when democrats had the majority in the house, we passed legislation sent to the senate that improved the economy. that helped small businesses. that reduced the costs of college education, that continuously supported the middle class. and since then, when the republicans took control of the house, they have not produced anything that will help small businesses create jobs. they have tried to end medicare, and fund tax cuts to big oil companies. the president knows that and the me american people know it. >> from "the new york times" poll that you just cited a few minutes ago, it says, do you