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>> i'm 5-5, three inch heels. >> greta: and that's have been added on to the 2800 page bills. >> that's right, 20,000 pages up in the corner of the rotunda of the capitol. it's getting attention today. >> greta: did you see any congressmen didn't write that. >> no, they didn't. >> greta: you didn't see anybody reading those. >> no, they didn't. >> greta: who wrote the 20,000 pages of regulations added on to the 2800 page bill. >> that would be our regulators and to be honest, this would be the case with any bill and the way that the sausage is made and the stacks of paper going to be huge and ...

Income americans. the law didn't specifically say they have to be alive, but wouldn't you think someone in the government would figure this one out. congressman griffith joins us. >> thank you for having me. >> greta: okay, so we're really sending phones to dead people? >> well, this is truly a constituent-driven issue. i've got a lot of calls, letters, complaints, people saying, hey, my deceased father just got a free cell phone like this one, a little blackberry, and had people writing me, telling me they were getting phones unsolicited and every time that someone gets one of these cell phon...

Years for people who aren't carrying health insurance. it's a big part of the new health care law. people are required to carry insurance. >> greta: if you're going to game the system you're better off not buying and mandate in the first year, $100 if you get caught that's the penalty. >> that's what people are saying it's not strong enough to induce people to enter the health care system in the first year and might be a rocky transition. a lot of people might choose to pay that $100 instead of buy insurance. >> greta: and of course, we have, i think, existing in this bill if you have a preexi...

Choices to individuals. many times i discuss with the democrats, it's philosophical. they think that the person would make a wrong choice. that the government would make the choice for you. >> greta: there's no catch or left services or pay more. there's no catch? >> you're going to have a greater option. and as a member of congress, if we all get a set amount of money, based upon we're working for government, right? then we get a whole list of insurance options and we can take the same amount and we go in and pick which one. you know what judy and i would do when we were younger we'd look for...

Of them thought it was for show. they said he seemed sincere in the way he laid out his plans and assessed the problem. i myself am cynical. i don't think we've seen from this president in reducing debt or deficit, unless it's part of a campaign. >> greta: i tend to be cynical, too, because i've been around this town a long time on the other hand, we've been pounding him, why doesn't he reach out to the people and why doesn't he go to capitol hill and finally he does it we all jump him and say what's his problem? it's a horrible plan that he has-- >> and most people, the country if you asked t...