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Gives us our score. i know that's very inside process, but the policy has to spring from the numbers. we must reduce the deficit. we will by $100 billion, at least, in the first ten years. $1 trillion in the second ten years. and so it'sf there is no other reason to do health reform, it's to lower the cost. it's about the character of our country. so with that inspiration, the president's leadership, the urgency from the cost standpoint, what that means to america's families, we're ready to go with our bill and that is where our focus, our energy, our time is spent. >> wow. ♪ a change will d...

There. that's the best single chance for getting two-page credit card agreements, two-page mortgage agreements. readable check overdraft agreements and frankly for cutting the bloated bureaucracy right now. seven different agencies have a piece of the consumer credit action. slimming that down and actually getting a little effective government here. a little cop on the beat to make something happen. >> okay. so you've been in washington over the past year a lot more than would you like, i'm sure. >> yes. >> knowing washington as you do now, is that possible? could this pass? >> you know, i hav...

What it was originally intended to do. and that is to protect them from predatory lending. >> so i want to -- there are two parts to it. like said. we have seven agencies in washington. this one comes with scissors and says you take thankfall of that bureaucracy and get rid of it. let's have one police whelace w get something done for the consumer. and the one thing that is full of promise, is the aim of this agency. we aren't filled of 692 disclosures. they are aiming toward simplicity. you have to have credit card agreements that people can read and understand. then they are bound to them. b...

This is going to pass, because the president's -- the president's legacy depends on it. his ability to govern over the next sel next several years depends on it. kind of like the t.a.r.p. bill. you knew they would figure out a way to put humpty dumpty back together again. >> what are the odds that the president will be in washington next week? >> if i'm nancy pelosi and harry reid, i would say mr. president, send the indoknees yabs a president. go back to 1993. bill clinton, trying to pass his budget early on and that was seen early on as a do or die. the only reason it passed he picked up the...

>> joining us now from washington, senator klobashaeur. she wants to establish new nutrition standards for kids. let's start there. i want to start right there. i think it's a great idea already. one in four -- one in four -- >> thank you, mika. >> we hear it every day from mika. she wants to take away my coca-cola, my salt. >> joe -- >> she wants to take away my five pack of sick rhecigarettes. >> one in four kids is obese even before entering kindergarten. >> you know what else? listen to this. they just did a study and found kids aged 7 months to 2 years, a third of them don't even eat a fr...