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And now the unions are going to be fixed? this is not right. we have a $17 trillion debt. its not acceptable. we cannot continue to live this way. and we want something done about it. and when obama care is one sixth of our economy, another huge entitlement program. i mean, when are we going to address that. >> health care is 20% of the economy. >> i think we can all agree as amy said, we need to deal with the deficit and the debt in particular. but the point is that this whole kamikaze kabuki h...

We cannot continue to live this way. and we want something done about it. and when obama care is one sixth of our economy, another huge entitlement program. i mean, when are we going to address that. >> health care is 20% of the economy. >> i think we can all agree as amy said, we need to deal with the deficit and the debt in particular. but the point is that this whole kamikaze kabuki has increased costs. it has not helped deal with the deficit and debt. if were serious about that, thats when y...

Entitlement program which is a mess. >> is there a chance obamacare with its warts, scabs and scars could be good for the country? >> there are good things inside the bill. even the democratic senate, i dont believe would vote this time for that bill given what we have found out about it. thats why they ought to start over. >> its deplorable that from the get-ego the two sides couldnt sit down and work it out. its become the hatfields and mccoys on this. >> not so much hatfield and mccoys. this ...

If the situation is that a republican house with the power of the purse which can decide what to fund and not to fund has to be forced to fund a program that the american people do not want and republicans think would damage the country and they are forced to do that, something is wrong with the system. >> what do you think of the split within the party? we have ted cruz, rand paul. maybe all these in one side and the other republicans. >> im with marco rubio, rand paul on this. i dont agree wit...

Will the house be able to get itself in order? stuart, how significant is this? >> we are not in the process of getting our spending under control. there is no reform of entitlements on the table. it is not there. entitlements -- medicare, medicaid especially -- they are the killers of this budget. youve got another huge and expensive entitlement program. its called obamacare. the answer to your question is, no, we do not have a handle on spending. and, yes, we are borrowing a ton of money every...

State representative has to say other than to stoke -- >> you know, i dont know. i think what his point there hes trying to make is this sort of obvious bush league brinksmanship has become too much of an issue. people are not in the actual perspective what this actually means for america. what hes saying there is this is so ridiculous, you need to understand where certain people are coming from who are opposing it. do you want to align yourself with that. i dont know. >> real quick, even if the...

Youve been there with us, you know how it works. the thing about the united states senate is every member has the opportunity to express themselves when they feel passionately about some idea. ted cruz feels really passionate about repealing obama care. i disagree maybe with the method, but look, he is a member of the senate just like each of us are, and he has the right to take the floor as he did last night and two express himself, and deliver a message, stephanie, to the american people that ...

Of prevailing. >> so, matt, i have a question for you. i want to have an honest discussion about this. we both know obama cares not going to be defunded. and whats going to happen is this bills going to go over to the senate, harry reid is going to strip the obama care provision out of the cr and theyre going to send us a bill back to the house. and even your poster child, senator cruz, admitted that theres nothing he can do about it. that its up to the house. theres nothing the senate can do to...

Debt ceiling in october. listen to what the president said. >> you have never seen in the history of the united states the debt ceiling or the threat of not raising the debt ceiling being used to extort a president or a governing party and trying to force issues that have nothing to do with the budget and have nothing to do with the debt. >> go ahead, respond to the president. >> listen, you know well that in 2006, barack obama made a speech talking about how we were mortgaging our childrens fut...

To say, maybe a few people that actually need the cell phone. they need a cell phone to call 911. they really cant afford it. it is type of program where there is so much abuse, theyre spending $2.2 billion a year on it. that has gone up 250% since 2008. keep in mind, martha, since 2008, sell phone bills and cell phones dropped in price. it shows how many more people are getting on the program and abusing this program. there may be a need for some people, unfortunately like any other entitlement...