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How do you keep it at 20,000 feet. i know from talking to ryan's advisers they want him, this not a health budget committee. >> it's not a mark up. >> stay away from that and talk about how the policies affect the lives of everyday people. if ryan can do that and make a case for why their policies going forward would be better he will have a good night. if biden can get ryan down into the weeds of is the tax cut plan $5 trillion or $3 trillion and how about entitlements, then biden will -- >> i have sort of a stupid person's guide to how i'm going to do it tonight. i'm going to be really dumb....

I now read for the record from page 25 of when congress comes calling which is from the constitutional project. and i apologize if this seems preliminary but this communication arrived only minutes before the beginning of this mark-up. executive privilege. the president's communications privilege -- >> and so, darrell issa talking about the letter, the executive privilege letter he got literally just a little before the top of the hour and we brought that information to you immediately. it's not going to change the vote today. it looks like they'll go ahead with the vote and then move to a ful...

All. with that, i yield back. >> i trust the gentleman did not mean to demean my intention but for the record, the press conference that occurred after our meeting was equally usable and intended to announce that we had a deal and a stay if it was appropriate. and i had prepared a written statement saying that we would be staying today's mark-up had we been offered anything pursuant to our letter so i trust the gentleman would realize that it could have gone another way and we had no idea. >> mr. chairman, i believe you when you say that. i trust that's what the situation was. i simply was giv...

plymouth, massachusetts. i appreciate you calling in. can you just first talk me through what folks there on the ground in huntington beach, what the situation is what they need to do? >> i think the first thing is that you have to assess whether or not this is an animal that is in need of human intervention or not. and so, you know, from what i've seen, there's a pod swimming somewhat freely and then this one particular animal that's a little bit away and stranded. here normally if we have a situation like that, we would try and actually move the single animal and move it out toward...

Bowles-simpson plan in great detail. it's important. facts matter here. i did exactly what i said i would do. >> so, explain to me the procedure. is there going to be a mark up of bowles-simpson in your committee? >> we are -- i have laid out bowles-simpson plan. again, the budget control act is in place for this year and next. we are following that. i have laid out a ten-year plan that is bowles-simpson. i can't tell you the leadership won't do later this year what they did last year. leddership, republicans, democrats and the president last year decided instead of putting a budget plan in pl...