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Republican leadership urges Pres. Obama to stop campaigning, return to Washington to lead on sequestration talks
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Buzzing for days.
Are you scared.
The sequester.
I'm not here to scare people -- here did inform have you stocked up your food.
Rest assured the uncertainty is already having an effect that you -- all your water companies are preparing layoff notice.
All the batteries that you're gonna need they're going to see these impacts and -- -- Have you made plans to do -- little wind out for months and months and months.
Families.
Turned to cut back.
On expenses and I'm telling you it's going to be brutal out.
And the longer these cuts are in place the bigger impact will become -- -- enough.
What the administration has done -- very helpful to put you know not just numbers for the for the based on the potential of that president needs to stop campaigning.
Stop trying to scare the American people stop trying to scare -- that crisis has made up it's been created.
I didn't support the sequester because that's a stupid way to cut spending the president says ripped up another catching -- In order before -- work well president.
You've got -- Jackson -- it's time to cut spending you're watching how ever bad they have painted -- -- How ever it is they've exaggerated.
At the end of march.
We're looking at another possible in higher.
Government shut down we're looking at everybody.
We cannot escape this.
And tonight house majority whip Kevin McCarthy calling President Obama -- road show president.
What does he mean by that -- McCarthy joins us that he can tell us road -- president -- answer.
Quote road shows this is not the kind of yelled campaigning this is the -- is -- he's going on the road tomorrow a 150 miles away.
To again hype this up -- try to scare the American public when he can just go one mile down and talk to Harry Reid.
You know what we're talking about 85 billion dollars we borrow 85 billion dollars every 28 days all the talking about is making that cut.
Of what we borrow and less than a month do you senator Tom Coburn then that -- crisis is made up now but by far.
We have more revenue in between thirteen projected that in any other time and what's the president asked for to take more from the taxpayer when.
If you can't handle -- 2.3 percent cut.
How can we put this place back in order I don't understand the hysteria when you look at the numbers many things go back to what the funding was in 2009.
We're playing is not flying then -- people not getting there.
They're first responders -- know.
And -- the president creating the hysteria when really we should get this government under control why's he doing that if he's doing that because he's never gotten off the campaign trail.
And that's what's wrong that's -- Coleman road -- president you know the saddest part about all of this normally and divided government we achieve big things.
He can't achieve something if he's out campaigning all the time he got to be ever discovered and you gotta be willing to lead.
Is -- -- to work with them but he's got to come back is there any loophole you are willing to -- -- any deduction you willing to get rid of.
How would look if you want -- about tax reform we're sitting working on tax reform and you want to know the difference -- what we're doing here.
Dave Camp has put together eleven working groups bipartisan Republican and Democrat that are sitting on ways and means.
Looking at the overhaul of a tax reform so we're willing to do -- to grow the economy.
That -- -- -- -- just trying to take out of the economy to -- sending a -- no tax increases seventy same note you have no tax increase.
You've got more money.
Going in to the coffers to date that any of -- -- exactly pretending you don't need more money easily cut spending -- saying no tax increase and decide is there no no no no tax increase is coming out of this house up there is no need for tax increase as us.
There -- more money going in that any attack in the last four decades on average we brought in seventeen point 9% of GDP now we're gonna bring in nineteen point one.
The problem is we're spending more.
He would insert pictures of the -- says on his door is always open he's willing to talk and everybody at a Capitol Hill is willing there waiting to talk to the president they say you want to talk them he's on a road show.
Mean what -- me the probably need even sure what -- we look for days from NATO and this is dead.
Deadline.
-- the biggest promise we don't have enough buses to move all congress 150 miles to shore up his campaign rallies those of need to stop.
He needs to start leading in this process remember what he did.
He came up with this idea the sequestration of the -- cut right.
Many tries to disown it -- tells you after it's passed if you pass a bill I will veto it.
The house passes bills that makes the cut in better places and the senate won't take it up so now four days away from it.
Now he thinks -- this might be an issue and he goes and tries to create hysteria and go across the country isn't it wrong he's taken it can be done for day's other than postponing.
Look at.
It is not going to.
-- by going through can we cut in a better manner yes do we need to make more cuts more and more -- -- this weekend.
But I don't think in four days with the president not even willing to come down and talk to Harry Reid I don't see how you get.
So what what does happen the minute demand we roll through four days actually had a sequestration or some cuts -- -- -- obviously the next day the day after we changed -- march 2 with.
What is -- what's going to happen.
Well I think you'll hit the sequestration towards the end of the month.
You have what is called the continuing resolution.
The funding.
Of government because the senate has not passed the budget and almost four years I -- to remind people the iPad was not even introduce the last time they passed one.
So what we'll have to do is fund government for the rest the year the house will take action next week that funds at Sebring certainly there.
-- we'll start working toward putting this.
Path when we pass a budget in April the -- is on balance in the next ten here.
So there will be those cuts to sequestration cuts -- going to affect the house.
And -- and anything it's that this is just did that is not going to be catastrophic not to throw us into recession -- to shut down our military -- -- -- do all these things now if the levels back into my mind to be sarcastic my daily lesson.
The only thing that catastrophic that it.
Will be to still be shocking that we kept our word in Washington that we said we do this eighteen months ago but the president won the fight change the plan of what he said -- agree to.
And then we followed through maybe that would be catastrophic the people finally would say Washington kept -- word have you heard from the present at all.
-- the speaker.
I do it this president did call a speaker I believe last week but I have not heard from the end and said what.
Let's get together.
I don't think he said let's get together I think he may be talking about sequestration and then told the press that he called to speak and that's -- -- That's all I have heard.
We think the American people think about this.
Think people think this is crazy and the process one -- think it's crazy that they spend more time kind -- create hysteria where you bring up the secretary of treasury.
-- secretary of transportation to say.
Planes won't be flying.
But the budget's going to be even 500 million more than it was in 2008 planes flew fine -- and traffic was very high then.
So so why create that I think with the people are saying is stop playing games stop playing campaigns get down and do the job that needs to be -- -- I don't this -- there they -- me.
