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Moving again. in the longer term theres no doubt that we have do deal with rising deficits. thats what we do in our budgets, we focus on job creation and job growth, making important investments now. but we make targeted deficit reduction in the out years to bring the outyear deficits under control. we do not want our deficits growing faster than the economy. we want to stabilize our debt but we want to do it in a way that maintains our commitments to our seniors and invests in economic growth. ...

For the department of defense. sure they could use that for better things. $72.7 million for the department of veterans affairs. im sure they would like to see that in their health care plan. $38.7 million to the justice -- $58.7 million to the justice department. if youre doing smart cuts, you would imagine that these conferences with face time and everything else, these could be one of the things that are cut back? >> its a natural to be cut. obviously people need to get together from time to ...

Have a role in this. and i think we are missing this is where you to look at the trees. in the mandated cuts lets take the national institute of health. 5% cuts. this is one of the crown jewels of american science. what has -- a the nih has done in these grants and a 5% cut is going to be devastating to them. >> chris: but couldnt you do $85 in cuts that wouldnt be devastating. >> but it is mandated in law and the white house has said you -- >> chris: that is the point of the house republicans. ...

Have a role in this. and i think we are missing this is where you to look at the trees. in the mandated cuts lets take the national institute of health. 5% cuts. this is one of the crown jewels of american science. what has -- a the nih has done in these grants and a 5% cut is going to be devastating to them. >> chris: but couldnt you do $85 in cuts that wouldnt be devastating. >> but it is mandated in law and the white house has said you -- >> chris: that is the point of the house republicans. ...

Are focused -- examine programs through hearings that arent working, that arent living up to expectations. martha: like what, for example, give me an example, something you would like to see go. >> well, because i havent spent some time really going through it, and hearing feedback on the -- im not going to give you a knee-jerk reaction and be irresponsible, were going to slash and burn. we need to review those programs carefully and then, cut the ones that are not working and that is what presi...

Martha: fighting men and women have what they need, there are in i efficiencies in that system as well and he said on our air he wants to look at in the draft. >> they havent proposed any and the other pretty big concern here is eric cantor the majority leader specifically said hell bring the republican study committees proposal to cut back to 2006 levels, if he can get 218 votes and they have 247 republicans and if they dont have 218 out of 247 that proposal doesnt even hold water in air caucus...