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>> but we're talking about the flip side, though, as government strengths will the private sector grow. i make the argument that it does. >> and i'll make the argument that at this point the numbers we've seen from the shrinking, from the sequester, that it's so minimal it doesn't have anything to do with each other. >> john, what do you think? >> i'd say laying off cops and teachers in detroit has nothing to do with the bach formation in north and south dakota. gary b. is 100% correct. government can hinder things. the monterrey shell was drilled in california california. that wipes out the c...

Family-driven movie and an hour and a half you forget brad pitt has a family. it lacks depth. i was not a fan of the film. the action was halfway decent. it is a two and a half out of five. rent it. brad pitt put his production company on it, so he's on the line on it. >> plan b, his production company, you can feel they had to reshoot it. it was shot in 2011. they have went through reshoots and rewrite. skip it. rent it. if you're a fan of brad pitt, but rent it. >> steve: always a pleasure. thank you very much. >> always a pleasure. >> steve: straight ahead, we've been saving you money all w...

>> and they're not actually, the only reason they're closed-door meetings is for, is for the audio. i mean -- you can't have the open-door, you got these marble hallways outside. these are completely open meetings. you can walk in there, sit down, put your c-span cameras there. these are not secret things. the house passes something. the senate passes something. >> your facts are getting in the way. cut that out. >> that's what they don't like about them. >> right, they can't defend their budget to the public. >> they're going to have to be on the record about things that they don't want to ac...

To spend the taxpayer's money. >> dana, you know i travel a lot. people are really hurting. this is not just pundits. where the rubber meets the road in this country, people need these health care -- the things that will benefit and provide things from the health care legislation. this is real stuff. >> that's right, reverend. there's a couple things we're talking about. one is the immediate cuts that people have felt already in terms of head start and stuff from the sequester. the loss to these food stamps, that's a long-term issue starting with next year's part of the agricultural budget in ...

Is the forum for moving forward on the economic, replacing the sequester, and making sure that we can get all americans back to work. and by dragging their feet on this -- on those important issues, i think, you know, they're pointing to all this other stuff that's going on, which is important to get to the bottom of, but congress should be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. and i am nervous that some reps will use this as an excuse for not getting at the fundamental issues of the economy, jobs and the budget. >> congressman chris van hollen, i have never been good at walking and chew...