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Of your $8 billion annual budget. would you be okay with that? >> well, wolf, first on the regulatory issues, i think the president is keeping his promises. when you look at the regulatory state in this country we for the last several years have seen washington, d.c., acting in a way to dictate the states across the country so you're exactly right, today the president signed an exec toutive order withdrawing the waters of the united states rule, good for farmers and ranchers, development across the country, and the regulatory overreach is in process to being taken back and given back to the am...

Hydraulic fracturing in the state of oklahoma since the late 1940s so that was about the states' interest, not on behalf of any particular industry or any particular business. i will say to you, as we go forward at the epa, what's important is hearing all voices. as i share with the agency this week that my role is to listen, to learn from those folks that we have at the agency and to lead and make decisions but do so within the process and the rule of law that's been established by congress. >> i know you got to run. let me give you one final question. give you a chance to respond. the releas...

That is the time to help and give back to those in need. what are the best end of year giving tips that won't break the budget? >> chris brown is our friend, also a finance expert and the radio host of chris brown true stewardship. we've got three e-mails quickly. mark and georgia. >> mark asks where does giving fall in my monthly budget? >> i'm glad to hear there's a budget process. >> good point. >> it's got to be a priority for us. it's the most fun you'll ever have with money. winston churchill said it best. you make a living by what you get. you make a life by what you give. set prioritie...

Monitor the blimp, which is trailing around cable, snapping power lines and causing about 30,000 outages. to most onlookers, the sight may have come an a shock, but to longtime observer of the budgeting process, that is a legendary icon of waste and bureaucracy, last month an in-depth report on the jlens, the 2.7 billion blimp program, which has consistently failed to detect intruders in america airspace including a florida postal worker who landed on. it was saved allegedly after lobbying by a joint chiefs of staff, a general who went on to sit on the board of the main contractor.

Of conservativingings in the ho to go at it a different way. then separately to use the budgeting process over time to try to pull back some of the funding that's not the direct medicaid reimbursement you're talking about and title 10 funding. it's possible but you still have democrats who are in the majority in the senate and that makes it almost impossible with a democrat in the white house and enough democrats in the senate to see any kind of real change for planned parent hood. this is one of those issues that the debate over time is part of a not only culture war but over time if the publ...