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Thinking person on the budget issues that we have in congress right now. hes trying to step forward. hes even trying to step forward on a bi-partisan basis on some of the very serious entitlement areas like medicare. he needs the others to work with him. the fact is this isnt that hard. we did a little piece the other day with our resources which gives us nowhere near the insight into the budget that paul ryan has. we came up with something like $300 billion in reduction spending in ten years. i...

Senate bill 1001, and representative tovar has introduced a companion bill in the house to try and restore the transplant coverage. ive gone and talked to the appropriations chairman, who is the chair of the committee this bills assigned to and asked can we get a hearing for this bill can we do it urgently because there are still 96 people counting on us to restore this funding. and my response from that person was that the governor has told him, representative -- senator biggs, the chair of tha...

That thats true, and unfortunately its again because of the governor. ive actually introduced a bill, senate bill 1001, and representative tovar has introduced a companion bill in the house to try and restore the transplant coverage. ive gone and talked to the appropriations chairman, who is the chair of the committee this bills assigned to and asked can we get a hearing for this bill can we do it urgently because there are still 96 people counting on us to restore this funding. and my response ...

Conversation at this hour on where the country is now and where the country is headed. also a business pioneer who has taken the green movement to a whole new higher level. meet the man behind patagonia. thats all coming up. oakland, well start there. police officers this week, 80 of them had to be laid off because of budget issues. the city could not come to an agreement with the police group out there. they had to lay off 80 officers. in addition to that, they also sent out a list of crime...

Dont call the oakland police department. 80 officers in oakland, 10% of the workforce set to be let go today. if planned layoffs go into effect, massive budget issues in california. police chief says his officers will no longer respond to any but the most serious of crimes. these are the things, among others, they will not respond to. grand theft, not the cops problem. burglary, not the cops problem. vandalism, embezzlement, extortion. if somebody is not trying to kill your, please settle it you...

So, in this country, whether we drill it or blow it or grow it or react it or save it, its about american energy designed by american engineers. >> what can washington learn from montana when it comes to the budget issues? >> buy what you need, not what you want. you can please people by running government the way they run their own business. you cant bribe people with their own money anymore. theyre smarter than that. >> that sounds like a -- >> thats hopeful. thats exciting. >> yeah. and commo...

Next 20 years. theres a lot of -- the recovery act, creating the jobs that the cbo says it has created. so we are taking action on budget issues. but i think pulling people together to say, what about the long term? and what are the priorities? where are we gonna look? putting revenue on the take. were talking about tack there is, as well as spending on the table, i think is a useful thing for us to be doing. >> greta: next, the other side of the aisle, congressman camp on the debt commission. h...

Next 20 years. theres a lot of -- the recovery act, creating the jobs that the cbo says it has created. so we are taking action on budget issues. but i think pulling people together to say, what about the long term? and what are the priorities? where are we gonna look? putting revenue on the take. were talking about tack there is, as well as spending on the table, i think is a useful thing for us to be doing. >> greta: next, the other side of the aisle, congressman camp on the debt commission. h...

>> well, a lot of families are turning to cash, you know, their cash strapped right now. its tough for everybody, right, so they go to state parks for a source for inexpensive family fun. nothing wrong with that. the problem is though many states are facing budget issues, and some are jacking up their prices to get into the beautiful parks or shutting them down altogether. laura ingle is live at one thats open, river bank state park in upper manhattan on a beautiful day, laura, are people there ...

Politically. i believe that good policy is good politics. >> okay, now, about two minutes later, he had this to say. >> now, i cant guarantee that this is good politics. every one of you know your districts better than i do. >> so im thinking we are not sure how the politics are going to play out. >> he didnt contradict himself. he said, i believe this will be good politics because it is good policy but i cant guarantee it. i think it is good politics because it is good policy. you would not hav...