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Boehner -- we got a deal last year that decreased spending. you have to kind of within the context of raising that, that's why you have a debt limit. so you confront the real deficit problems you have. that's why you have this fight to begin with. if you don't do anything on it, what's the point of having this discussion at all? we've got to confront our debt. there's a long history confronting our debt. when we reach a debt limit. i think that's all -- for the president to say if he's going to negotiate with putin and not with house republicans, that's not a smart strategy. >> there was an ol...

Wealthy enough and has the capacity of congress will make its decision on the budget as a broad basis to fund what we need to fund. >> mr. secretary, you voted to cut that $580 billion. with that i yield. >> i voted to put in place a reasonable mechanism that would wind up with us solving our budget and deficit problems and it was never put in place. that's what i voted for. >> okay, i'm going to -- go back to what i said. i'm going to enforce the five minutes. so if you want the question answered, leave enough time for the answer. >> so it's full steam ahead as this committee hearing, the tes...

Long run because we'll be investing less in research and development and it's photo going to solve our deficit problems. the so the president remains focused on pursuing the policies that will speed up job growth. >> when you look at the 88,000 jobs gained, you can't be happy. >> i try o take a longer view. we have added half a million jobs over last three months in the first quarter of this year. the economy is moving in the right direction. we need to avoid the kinds of self-inflicted wounds like the sequester that's going to slow down the economy. >> i also like to tell people i just think ...

Jobs were lost in the economic crisis. and we certainly want washington to avoid making self-inflicted wounds like the sequester. i think the economy is poised to expand at a faster rate if washington can get its act together. if we could avoid policies like the sequester, which are going to -- is going to cut key investments in health research and education, other fields and not address our deficit problems. >> tucker: it's scary how coordinated the white house message is even from people who should be working on policy like criewg his or her is head from the president's jobs council. they ar...

Deficit problems in the intermediate or longer term and will do what the president has said is his north star, making sure the jobs pay decent wages. >> the other number has to do with the participation rate. lowest since 1979. do you think this is a statistical anomaly or is this a trend that also concerns you? >> well, the trend peaked around 2000. as our workforce gets older and older, we'll see more people retire. we are focused on creating jobs. that will be good for the economy and for the country. >> sequester impact, do you expect more of an impact in april than it was last month? >> i...