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the plan. >> keep track of the republican head congress and follow new members through its first session. new congress, best access on cspan, 2, radio and cspan.org. >> president obama met to discuss the ongoing conflict in ukraine. the white house is considering optioning ukraine backed authorities has that was asked about the tchbl offensive

operations but to simply defend itself. the president has been very clear. he's not interested in escalate escalating violence he's interested in having the unt reasonable

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infrastructure pays absolutely nothing. there 20. let's get to work. >> thank you senator sanders, lemt sfloofrmtds as a

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recognize nebs nbsz snksz rand with that director i will begin with my first question. you testified that stabilizing the debt as a share of the economy is putting it on a declining path is the key test for fiscal sustainability but that still goes up every year in the presidential dollar change and the economy. i don't think people understand gdp even though we're getting record revenue, why is it a sufficient goal to merely tread water on a debt of a share of gd

gdp. >> sorry. thank you. i apologize. i think like any family in america the key way they think about their finances is based on what they earn. so gdp is really a measure of what this country earns, the size of our economy and most numbers think of sharing this as a correct no doubt testify tp we show debt growing to almost 81% of gdp so with this $1.8 trillion of deficit reduction that our budget would achieve we actually help to not just

stabilize but also begin to bring down the debt by the end of the window and that is a substantial difference from our current path. >> in looking at it, the president low.to secure the middle class, we need to pay down the debt and that's not possible with overspending this large. can we pay down the debt without balancing the budget? >> again, senator arch the key metric for fiscal sustainability is able

isable isable and over a 25 year window. i think what we recognize is a real dem stwroxd anddemonstrate and focus on health care he can us.

>> many believe what is best for the future is to skblounlt tax trade and received tax refunds of $72 million. i think the president's budget begins to address some of these issues. can you talk to us about whether

or not it is appropriate that one large major profitable corporation paid zero in federal income taxes? >> well, senator i think we can all agree on a bipartisan pace is basis that our current tax code is more complicated than it needs to be and it has a broad range of loopholes that create not just unfairness across companies but also frankly make our economy less efficient and poled backeconomic growth and+++ m