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At the aragon national laboratory in the -- >> senator, i think we get the idea you don't like their cuts and if i may i'll ask congressman hensarling about them, but i want to ask about your actions. democrats are proposing, let's put that on the screen, $10.5 billion in real cuts from currents spending, from total spending of $3.7 trillion. senator, that represents a cut of .28%. that is less than 1/3 of 1%. is that really the best the democrats can do? >> chris, let me finish my answer. the house republican budget. >> chris: is .28% the best the democrats can do? >> the house republican bud...

We're trying to get the signal back here. the governor is pushing for greater reform. i know there's been an experimentation underway to try and figure out what the best course is for the state of florida. we've seen cases in washington state, in tennessee, in indiana, all experimenting with new ideas, so we wanted to figure out what's happening with the new idea in florida. governor, good morning to you, we'll try this right now, if this thing locks in? and it's not going to. florida, by the way, spent 2 1/2 billion dollars more in real money over the past 48 months, and they expect their tot...

About the abuse of the earmarks process. jenna: we mentioned in the introduction to you that it's less than 1 percent of total government spending. will this actually help? will this actually start a new habit to change the way we spend in d.c., or do you think this is mostly symbolic? >> well, you know jenna, only in d.c. is a million dollars a little money. this earmark amounts to about $16 billion, and that is significant in and of itself. but the fact is that we've got to reduce total spending by trillions over the next ten years, not billions. so earmark reform is a good step in the right...