medicare. we need pro-growth tax reform. we start using our energy resources in this country. so i m not looking for a grand bargain. i m looking addressing these problems by first and foremost, going to the american people and describing the true seriousness, the true depth of the problem. that is the first step in reaching solutions. gregg: senator, some people suspect the president isn t really serious about all of this, otherwise he wouldn t be two months late presenting his budget. already of course the white house especially over the weekend was condemning republican pubs embracing the my way or the highway approach. are you worried that the president is playing politics and all he is trying to do is society up republicans for blame with an eye towards the fourth fourth election? obviously releasing a budget two months late is leading from behind which is not real good idea. but i ll tell you what. i will believe the president is serious about solving these problems when he
not serious, you re not talking about reproductive health anymore, you re talking about control. and i really don t like when i hear about anybody trying to control anybody s reproducttive health. but what you re really trying to go is control not only their economic destiny, but their physical destiny as well. i want everybody on the planet to be able to pursue the best health and the way to do that is to be able to make choices about when and if you decide to have kids. with regard to your upbringing, reading this, we re going to show it, look at the entire book. it s coming out next month. may 7. live free or die. new material right on the cover. it s got some wonderful, wonderful essays, and a couple of them, despite you being one of the funniest women on the
social security and medicare, so will the democrats buy into any of those cuts? the president will in order to reach a compromise, both sides need to listen to each other and make compromises. we know that we have to bring down the cost of mandatory spending, we would like to do that in a way that doesn t affect beneficiaries, but we are open to suggestions, so i think it was a positive step on behalf of the president in order to submit a budget that will hopefully bring democrats and republicans together. it s in our national interest to compromise on a budget and get things moving forward. you saw the jobs report that were not as strong as we wanted them to be, sequestration is definitely hurting our economy, it s hurting people. we need to come together as a congress and find a solution to this problem. is that what you blame for the unemployment numbers dropping? is the sequestration, what else
educate the country on women s reproductive rights and why she s so passionate about it. there s never been a time in the history of mankind, that there s been an age of abstinence, did you ever hear of an age of abstinence? to me, i think sex is fun and a lot of things are wonderful and kids often start having it and people have it maybe when they re not emotionally ready, maybe when they haven t had the conference of people who help them make safe choices about sex, some people have sex and they re married and they can t afford another kid, the decisions that people make, the one thing that i know is not correct is that i want to reduce the number of abortions and the way to do that is to reduce all access to birth control. that s all the policies that are coming down the pike. if you say that, you re really
reaching out to them this week and possibly this plan is a way to establish that he s quite serious about compromise and looking to senate republicans as a receptive audience for that. some have a dinner date with the president with that. the president does head to today former congressman asa hutchinson said this. i can look certainly at the gun shows and the sales that surround that in that environment, if we can make sure there s a comprehensive check and we keep criminals from obtaining guns in that environment, then those checks would seem appropriate. of course mr. hutchinson there working for the nra, but the nra not giving an inch. the president not giving up on his push for new gun control, so how successful do you think he can be here? can he get it accomplished. at this point we re talking about background checks and