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They elected republicans. not me, chris, the american people. >> fiscal austeritausterity. >> cutting spending elsewhere which i'm for and for cutting taxes and letting families keep more of their hard-earned money. that's what we campaigned on. those were certainly central issues in the campaign. why shouldn't we, now that we're in office, make those things happen in public policy. after all, i think that's what you're supposed to do, keep your word with the voters that elected you. >> keep your word but you want to do things the right way. if you want to cut the deficit, how are you going to...

Levels. you have low moral at the staffing agencies. we're cutting spending. there's certainly a downside. something we might be feeling for years to come. >> switch gears for a moment and talking about the russia probe. particularly devin nunez seen stepping out into his own calling for the fbi to be investigated. appears to have at least some support from paul ryan. do you see broader support on capitol hill, maybe in particular among the republican party that this call for investigating the fbi and doj may gain some traction. >> the kind of things he's talking about are also the things othe...

Cutting spending, we're coming back, we're cutting welfare, and tell me how you make that all fit. chris: juan, one thing that struck me about the president's event on the south lawn this week after he had signed the tax cut bill was how much -- and this picks up on what gillian said -- he's adapted to washington. he was calling out not just the leaders, because it seemed when he came, he knew about four leaders in congress. he was calling out committee chairman, subcommittee chairmen. has he gotten better, in fact, has he begun to master or theç art of the legislative deal? >> well, i think...

It increased tremendously under president obama. until both parties get serious about cutting spending, it's going to remain a problem. it's not unique to this tax bill. >> one of the big issues on the table is an infrastructure plan. it's something that president trump promised during the campaigns and now that seems to be the next thing up in terms of what the republicans want to do. do you think that all of this will actually impact the feasibility of infrastructure plan in getting republicans to sign onto that given spending? >> it will be difficult pr the president to negotiate with repub...

Saying we're coming back, we're cutting spending, we're coming back, we're cutting welfare, and tell me how you make that all fit. chris: juan, one thing that struck me about the president's event on the south lawn this week after he had signed the tax cut bill was how much -- and this picks up on what gillian said -- he's adapted to washington. he was calling out not just the leaders, because it seemed when he came, he knew about four leaders in congress. he was calling out committee chairman, subcommittee chairmen. has he gotten better, in fact, has he begun to master or theç art of the le...