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Sister Greta great to be here okay -- we have that new congress.
What is the GOP going to do from this point forward is new plan does it change of policy change in messaging -- -- -- -- Well you know I think -- of the -- -- lesson from the election he has.
That what we have to do is.
Reclaim our conservative principles -- mean it is about self reliance it's about faith in the individual and -- it's about accountability in government.
Put those principles to work and demonstrated they can actually help people.
And you know I I have talked yesterday that says you know we're gonna go about making -- That we we allow working families in this country to regain their confidence.
We do it through education we do it through innovation and we do it through workplace.
Rules that allow working people.
To make their life work again.
Do you are you adapting -- heavy endorsed the -- DREAM Act immigration that this Marco Rubio is hasn't raced over an asset as we certainly have a very difficult situation with immigration we know that but I feel that this country has never.
-- held the key is liable for what parents do.
And if we've got kids who have been brought here due to no fault of their.
And find themselves here and known no other countries home that we ought to give them a permanent legal residents and allow them a path to citizenship.
Earlier today and the senate -- a colloquy between between you and that.
-- -- -- -- anywhere and it is about sequestration and one of things that -- sandwich -- that was sort of interest in -- -- he says we put sequestration is back in talks between eleventh in place thinking it was so irrational.
We we clearly addressed a problem in the last fourteen months that didn't happen.
And now the president wants to delay it again.
Problem what's gonna have -- sequestration.
This is this another example I mean the president as you know has come forward and said.
What we've got to raise taxes you know -- -- answer every single time never do anything about the problem but keep taking more the American people's money.
Without holding yourself accountable.
And that's what we've said and for the last sixteen months.
We have tried and tried we have passed two measures to try and replace -- -- cuts.
To actually go about managing down -- debt deficit through whittling down the entitlement programs reforming them so we can save them but instead.
Here we are again at the end in the present says no we just got to raise taxes -- -- up.
But -- same strategy in the Democrats as they vilified the -- that we -- if I suppose raise taxes on the rich and people are -- happy to do that and this and that the Republicans want to cut programs which means of trying to you know Loudon -- was in one of these programs as access to his programs it thinks he might have but this program.
Why would that ever be appealing to the person to go over the Republican -- -- here.
Here's the thing -- -- first well we we understand that the president is not let on this issue.
There's no response whatsoever just raising taxes it's disingenuous -- -- -- -- -- you can tax the -- and get -- of the problem -- it's it's it's -- -- I don't think anybody -- -- that -- But I believe you know we're for fiscal discipline managing down the debt deficit for a reason because we don't -- debt crisis to implode.
This country and our economy because if you see interest rates jacked up because all of a sudden our debt.
Is unsustainable.
That means families want to pay more every month -- mortgage.
You'll have to eventually see taxes go up even further because want to pay up even more debt.
Get that message.
How the American people realize you go to cable shows between god every single cable show and they're only gonna -- universe -- -- separately people how I can get -- -- -- American people well well one thing is we've acquired the senate now but finally do budget for the first time in four years right.
And as you know if they don't go budget they don't get paid so all of a sudden senator Schumer.
A leader Reid and others and we're gonna go budget -- great so now we can talk about their prescription -- managing down the deficit and the debt and see what it is that they're calling for.
We also pass the bill in the house today that require plan -- says that the president.
You pass a bill by a date certain.
And -- and tell us then tell the American people how long it's gonna take unit -- about the deficit debt down.
And how you gonna do it and then the American people going to be able to see in -- you're gonna see their prescriptions that never have said a balanced budget.
And just raise in taxes which is not the answer.
I would and then December 31 -- January 1 it was extended until March 1 this sequestration deadline.
Has the president called -- Republican leadership in the house or is it called senator -- of any calls gone back in the -- -- the present since then about sequestration.
Not that I know you may very well I've talked to senator Reid I do not think he's talked to any of our leaders certainly I have not heard from the president.
I don't think the speaker -- heard from the president.
In terms of trying to come together we have for the last sixteen months that join us and -- in the problem and they've just been absent so it it it acted -- it caused -- not talking.
Nothing's gonna get done -- next.
-- -- -- -- few days here got 22 days.
And and we're asking for.
Good faith efforts in addressing the long term problems and again it's for it's for making sure that.
Why -- -- called and why and what what's the problem -- in again this has been the frustration that.
I'm the president I think his missed several opportunities to come join us come develop.
The -- report there is needed to you it's fix problems we want to fix the problems.
You know we we need him to help us bring disparate sides together.
Go about trying to address the real spending problem getting under control so we can grow this economy should cannot thank you --
