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Expanding the deficit and the debt, sir? if this passes as is, will it increase the national debt? >> well, look, if you are just going to lower taxes -- if you are just going to lower the price and you don't look at the other side of the ledger, the expense side, you're right, it is going to increase things. but at the same time we have to start -- it is one of the reasons i want to bring the controller general in. i have a bill that the fiscal state of union -- >> congressman, can you vote for this unless the white house comes in and says we're going to get revenue from somewhere else or unl...

Isn't that exactly the kind of thing that just on monday you wrote you were deeply concerned about? >> well, i still am deeply concerned about. but, remember, if we don't do anything, which is just nothing, we will continue to lose businesses, which will also continue to increase the national debt. as employees and employers leave and employees go overseas, we'll continue to grow the national debt. we are at a time here in washington where we have to look at what works and i think it is a little bit of everything. we have to keep rates down. we have to look at our expense side. we have to look...

The house is going to be working it. since we have been back after the inauguration and before when we talked about where our concerns are with the replacement of the affordable care act for me i have been very forceful in repeatedly saying that the expansion of medicaid is tremendously important. 184,000. that is something every time we talk about how has it moved to change. i am constantly asking about. >> are you convinced that expansion of medicaid will be in there? because that doesn't go well with tax credits. >> i get that. but that is important to 31 states. we have republican governor...

Message, i have been able to get things done and deliver results for ohio workers and trade issues. that's what people want to see. they don't want to see political rhetoric or partisan ship. they want to see results. >> is that what got him lisa mateo -- >> it is a broader economic message and a lack of hope and a feeling that you know people are working hard and sometimes two jobs, they cannot seem to get ahead. on the expense side, the big thing in ohio is healthcare as it is in most states around the country and electricity costs have gone up and we have more energy things discovered in oh...

Successful terms what are the great challenges for new york city over the next decade? >> you can't rest on your laurels, joe. i was in london a couple of weeks ago. the number of exciting things happening in london is scary for new york and other cities. these guys are pushing ahead. they are trying to new things. they become edgy. we have to make sure we don't the lose the advantages we have. we have done a lot. the city is better than it was. hopefully it will be better in the next few years than it was in the last few years. it's always the same thing. mayors deliver services. congress, fe...