we talk about all kinds of infrastructure problems. bridges collapsing. today we talk about education. what's next? >> well, that's exactly right. maybe this will finally get people's attention. this, of course, is the home of the 82nd airborne historic fighting force. and those five days that kids are going to be out of school is just between now and october. in fact, it's when the school year starts in late august and in october. if the sequester remains in place which is what republican colleagues are calling for, you're going to see a lot more days when the children of our servicemen and women are out of school. i mean, this is outrageous. you're going to see starting in the fall cutbacks in funds for all school jurisdictions, or around the country, martin. and, yet, you still have our republican colleagues unfortunately twiddling their thumbs. we should be right now, the budget committee from the house and the senate, should be meeting to iron out differences right now instead of people back home. senator murray who's the chairman of the senate budget committee, myself, we've been