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World every single day when were here in washington. im on the defense appropriating committee and what youre saying , what youre repeating and what theyre saying is exactly right and the big obstacle the reason we have a continuing resolution debate rather than a lets fund the government like we funded this year debate is weve foolishly cant come up with a number that accomplishes what we need to do to defend the country and then whatever the democrats insist on on the other side of the spendin...

Website today, this evening and we intend to bring it to the house floor later on this week. i have every reason to expect great support from our caucus because we are keeping our principals. the key is here nobody had to sacrifice their core principles. our principles are dont raise taxes an reduce the deficit. and we have concerned members about defense. the next hit from the sequester would hit solely on the military, starting in january. a lot of our members were concerned about that. so wha...

That? >> well, bill the issue is spending. if you look at the numbers, and they are very solid numbers, revenues, income, goes to 20% of gdp, two years from now, two% higher than the historic norm but, spending at the federal level, is at 25% of gdp, today and is going to 30% of gdp if we pass the health care bill. and historically, spending has been 20% of gdp, and the issue is spending. and you cannot deny it and if you correct the problem, most of the effort, the vast majority of the effort, ...

World every single day when were here in washington. im on the defense appropriating committee and what youre saying , what youre repeating and what theyre saying is exactly right and the big obstacle the reason we have a continuing resolution debate rather than a lets fund the government like we funded this year debate is weve foolishly cant come up with a number that accomplishes what we need to do to defend the country and then whatever the democrats insist on on the other side of the spendin...