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I'm only here two years or four years, that's fine. i'm willing to cut very deep in the federal budget. many of the people who have been here longer, especially those who might have a more difficult next cycle, many of them say whoa, let's wait. paul ryan wants to go back to allow you the option, the option, not mandatory, to invest some of your social security money into private accounts. he wants to turn the medicare program, over time, again, if you're 55, it would not affect you, but for younger americans, he would like to turn medicare eventually into a voucher program. you would get a pa...

Of material, they should be anxious to go home and say, look, we're trying to move the country forward, we did a stimulus package, we added 71,000 private sector jobs last month, we're headed in the right direction, we have come off the worst economy, there's a lot on the table. in the meantime, what are the republicans saying? the republicans are saying, well, let's wait until september and we'll tell you what we got in mind. that's not going to work. >> ed, that sounds all well and good, but there are some democrats who are already distancing themselves from the president, understandably so....

Up on the surface where they are cleaning up the oil that's already up there. >> all right. david matingly, thank you very much. we're going to bring into the conversation, cnn producer vivian quo who is here. bp is a little ahead of schedule, is it not? >> it depends on what "ahead of schedule" means. certainly this is a 24/7 operation. they have crews working overnight. all shifts covered. they are a little ahead of schedule in terms of the relief well. they suffered a setback. they had to delay work to continue with the well integrity test. now that's back on track. they have begun drilling...

Give them bump stock, it's going to be a slippery slope. i certainly hope so. chris: now, i know that sets your teeth on edge. you say common decency, let's wait. what's enough time? i mean, here were 58 people killed, almost 500 injured. is it common decency to wait a day, two days, a week, a month? i mean, it is understandable. you can -- i know you don't agree with their solution, but what's wrong with saying need to address this issue. >> >> let me talk about hillary clinton and nancy pelosi both and get back to that point. nancy pelosi has said -- and i take her at her word, i take dianne...

Republican and democrat administrations. >> it affects our national security. >> today brought another new plan for energy independence, one that set a timetable of two decades and sought to capitalize on despair in the gulf. >> we should not simply say, well, we're not quite ready, a few votes short, let's wait. the problems it's creating are not waiting. >> reporter: prior to the gulf disaster, the department of energy projected u.s. crude production would increase by 2035, spurred by rising oil prices overseas and advances in deep water drilling at home. which is why the gulf coast lawmaker...