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Going to pay for hurricane sandy relief unless it is offset. >> both texas senators voted against that funding, too. >> bingo. the people who were believing that and saying that were not just texas senators but also in the house. so as our friend gloria borger likes to call it, the hell no caucus of texas are people who are like-minded. because its in their backyard, it might help the cause, but it also might be another case of the president having some the republicans and the people hes dealing...

Difference for them using this as an opportunity to really do the big things that the people want to see us done. >> does anybody have any questions? [ inaudible question ] >> first, are you committed to the reconciliation for tax reform, and i also wanted to ask about the choice act and if there was going to be a markup? and when you think you could bring that? >> ill defer to kevin. >> reconciliation is regular ordered and thats the regular budgeting process. >> but we want to look at every av...

Foreign companies. a lot of people get that. this is going to benefit the average americans. >> what can democrats wrap their hands around, their heads around in this -- im going to interrupt myself and go back to paul ryan. hes now answering questions at the hill. lets take a listen. [ inaudible question ]. >> yeah. ill defer to kevin on the timing of the choice act. reconciliation is regular order just so you know. thats the regular budgeting process. we want to look at every after but we thin...

Want to see us do. >> anybody have any questions? >> two questions. first are you committed to using reconciliation for tax reform and i also wanted to ask about the -- act and i want to know -- [inaudible] >> ill defer to kevin on the time of the choice act. reconciliation is a regular budgeting process. we want to look at every avenue. reconciliation is the preferred process and the most logical process to bring tax reform through. i think were planning once we mark up a bill we want to move t...

Overreach in the past. thats going to be the focus in the near term and the budgeting process will play out. >> the irs, the department of education and foreign aid are also on the chopping block. that aid is just a tiny fraction of overall spending but -- >> with $20 million in debt, can you imagine that, the government must learn to tighten its belt. >> whats off limits? entitlements, including medicare, medicare, social security, programs for unemployment and welfare, these are roughly 65% of...

Spending. and, of course -- >> we will soon begin the construction of a great, great wall along our southern border. >> reporter: the president has said mexico will pay for it. mexico says no, but for now thats at least another $10 billion in the budget. but this may be the bold est claim about the plan. >> all of that without adding to the currently projected fy 2018 deficit. >> reporter: thats right, the administration says it can offset all those costs with savings and spending cuts. for exam...

Know, for example, california, regulations are actually a lot stricter than federal laws require. if you return regulatory power to the states, which clearly youre recommending, does that mean youre willing to accept, for example, californias vehicle emissions standards? >> well, wolf, i think with respect to regulatory power, what we want to recognize is the authority given to the states through statute. what happened with the previous administration is a disregard of the statutory authorities ...

Listening to his generals about what the budgeting process has left him anemic. im putting a word there on top of, just kind of summarizing there. they want more money for military spending. at >> david: they want more proper application. i have spent the last four or five years working very closely with the former army acquisition who serve in the bush years and served in the obama years for 15 months. if dean has given me an education, along with others on how this really works. a lot of repor...

Sure water infrastructure is advanced, best way we can improve partnerships with the states. the superfund sites as far as cleanup in key areas like the port of portland and butte, montana, will continue to be a focus and discuss that through the budgeting process. >> let me press you. should we expect layoffs of hundreds, if not thousands, full-time epa employees, cuts of enforcement of environmental protection regulations? >> i think, wolf, what could yo should expect, were going to roll back ...

Place between the white house and congress. well handle it the right way and make sure that priorities of the epa are protected as we go forward. >> the epa grants, the states, will they continue as is or will they be drastically cut? >> were actually advancing an agenda with congress that the water infrastructure grants actually continue and are strengthened. those superfund sites across the country that need to be cleaned up from portland, oregon, to butte, montana, need to be a focus of how w...