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Would have been -- and furthermore, not only are people operating under this, but they're operating under the sequester. i neither voted for the sequester nor do i believe we're on the right process here. we need to come together and sit down. these issues are imminently solvable. ironically, anderson, within the affordable health care act, i'm from hartford, connecticut. the insurance industry there is very strong. they have got solutions to this problem. they know if we take 18% of gdp and reduce it to under 14%, we don't have a debt problem. and we change the paradigm in terms of what happe...

Creation. welcome, senator. >> thanks for having me on. >> aren't you glad you're in the private sector now? >> well, i am. it's a little frustrating to watch what's going on. >> i can't even imagine. this idea of passing a series of bills to fund certain parts of the government, is that a good idea? >> it gets to the same end. it's ironic and a little amusing that at some point you basically have a clean resolution, you have a clean continuing resolution if you fund in parts most of the government. i'm not sure what point is made by that. seems to me they need to find the ground where they ca...

This is another one of those gotcha things that the republicans bring up, et cetera. listen, you know, this should have never come to be. we had the opportunity last night on the floor to keep government open so that nobody would have been -- and furthermore, not only are people operating under this, but they're operating under the sequester. i neither voted for the sequester nor do i believe we're on the right process here. we need to come together and sit down. these issues are imminently solvable. ironically, anderson, within the affordable health care act, i'm from hartford, connecticut. t...

One of two things probably will happen. either a short-term to buy a cr or a shutdown which would be wrong for the american people and wrong for the government. >> this country does have a debt problem. america's debt will hit 100% gdp by 2038. is obama care the wrong target for republicans here? >> obama care say very unpopular law with the american people. we should make changes. this process is a matter of mathemat mathematics. we are in the minority right now. we can't stop it. we need to put pressure to negotiate the very best changes we can. >> all right. if this train keeps going down t...

Thing he did just years ago, that that is black mail. really? >> well, remember the days we had $9 trillion in debt and he said it was unprincipled now, he's, we're nearly double that z listen, sean, what we're doing is getting fundamentally immoral. our national debt has grown under 60%, it's larger than the size of our economy. if we don't pull back, our kids, our grandkids are going to spend their working lives not meeting challenges of the future or priorities just paying off our debts. and, no generation in american history has done that. our parents didn't do that to us, sean. their pare...