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Leo abraham. where are you from? >> hey, leo. >> hey. san jose, california. my question is the -- 2012 budget plan proposed by paul ryan has been praised by many in the media as brave. do you see this as a time that calls for bold must and do you think that you are the -- your outline last week demonstrates sufficient boldness? is this just -- a media creation? >> you know, it is a great question. look, here is what i would say. the -- the republican budget put forward, i would say is fairly radical. i wouldn't call it particular liquel liquey courageous. in order to make his numbers

>>neil: violence surging over there. oil surging over here. and now $108 a barrel and more. so gas is hitting a new record high. and now, new senate republicans are demanding the white house say if they are planning a gas tax to send the prices higher. senator thune is here to tell us about that. >>guest: well, what the budget put forward, the president's, they assumed $435 belt in revenue to fund transportation but they do not specify from where, so it is phantom revenue like the phantom leadership we are getting from this administration. so senator rubio authored it and we sent a letter to t...