disappointed right now that the speaker of the house has refused to allow that budget process to move forward. they were understandably critical that the senate had not passed a budget. we remember that criticism. well now the senate has passed a budget, and the speaker of the house refuses to have that next conversation in the budget process. in fact, we are now past the congressionally mandated deadline of april 15th for getting a conference committee reform. well you can't get a conference committee report if you refuse to go to conference. so i hope people will, you know, call upon the speaker to get this process moving. we shouldn't be waiting when we've got all these disruptions to the sequester and other problems in the economy. >> all right, represent 2i6 van hollen, thank you so much for joining us this morning. really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> christine romans is back in new york with more of the day's other top news. good morning, christine. >> good morning again, john. developing this morning in