despite the constraint on those programs, the rising costs for social security and the federal health care programs meaning the bunt under the scenario is expected to be 6.1% of gdp. to keep debt from rising relative to gdp, it would need to be about $9 billion smaller in 2022. in that year alone would be the case under the scenario. therefore, to put the federal buchlgt on sustainable path, policymakers will need to allow federal revenues to in crease to a much higher percentage in gdp than we've seen in the past 40 years or make very large changes to social security and federal health care programs or pursue some combination of those two approaches. let me close by highlighting the consequent chal choices that policymakers face this year. on one hand, if policy makers leave current laws unchanged, the federal debt will probably recede slowly due to the size of the kmichlt that will occur because of a large increase in revenues and a sharp restraint of federal spending apart from the federal programs i've just mentioned. however, both of those budgetary patterns will have significant

the spending side of the budget except for the social security and the federal health care programs. and -- but you can see despite the restraint in other places, total spending will still be a larger share of gdp, and that's driven by those programs. and the growth in those programs is driven by the aging of the population and rising costs for health care. so there really is a stark choice here. even with other parts of the budget squeezed -- and, of course, one can squeeze various things further or relax them more. given that all other federal programs together will be 7.8% of gdp in 2022 and the deficit we project will be 6% of gdp in 2022 under the scenario, clearly the deficit will not be brought under control without changes in at least one of revenues and social security and the large health care programs. and if one focused on trying to reduce the deficit to a manageable level in 2022 starting from this benchmark and folks are doing it just through tax increases, it would require very large increases in taxes if focused on just through social security. it would require very l

it's a real challenge that there are many federal programs. there are dozens of federal programs and we spend a lot of time on administration, overhead, a lot of additional cost rather than actually helping people. and in too many cases, we're giving people skills and training where they're not, there may not even be employment opportunities. so this is where the connecting part comes in, as i mentioned. we have 70,000 open jobs in michigan. we have a lot of people that want to find a job. but one that mechanism didn't previously exist in terms of a role the government can play in terms of a clearinghouse coordinator, not a money spender. secondly the piece of that is we should never tell people what they have to study but shouldn't we create a path where they can find success by having good information. so on this website, for example, we have a career skill matchmaker and we have a career investment calculator so people can literally look at different careers to say what they should go into because there's opportunity and jobs. so again if y

federal taxpayers did. sure. but that's what you do. when you want to try something new. you look at ways to fund a new program government and the states did. that's where we set up constitution of states right and allow states to be laboratories of democracy. we wouldn't have welfare reform if i didn't have the welfare waiver. >> greta: if massachusetts, if we tried massachusetts in every state, would we be able to do it financially, juggle it? give states their seed money? >> i don't think so. that's why the obamacare law is not going to be able to stand the test of fiscal sanity. that's why the obama laws have to be repealed. >> greta: straight ahead, how do you rack up $20,000 in tickets? do you have to be a really bad driver? well, one driver found another way. his story is next. also, you will never believe who just had a baby. we're going to tell you. you will see the adorable baby pictures. you don't want to miss it. [ male announcer ] got a cold? [ sniffles ] not sure what to take? click on the robitussin® relief finder. click on your symptoms. get your right relief. makes the cold aisle easy. robitus

there's inaccuracies and lack of transparency and budgeting for federal credit programs across the field. you can talk about the solyndra situation that makes the news, that fiasco was an example of a loan guarantee gone so you ow -- sour. federal loan guarantees are contractual obligations between the taxpayer, the private creditor and the borrower, in that case it went south. but unfortunately under current law when the government loses or issues a loan guarantee, the inherent risk is not reflected in the loan or loan guarantee cost. in fact, the c.b.o. estimates that our current federal obligation under these accounting rules today understate the cost of cret program by some $55 billion a year. and because of rule -- the rules do not account for market risk, that is why we need to change it. and with that, madam chair, i reserve the balance of my time only to say that this does those three important things, provide the clarity, the transparency, and the accountability that we are looking for in these and other aspects of the federal government programs. the chair: the gentleman from n

the other area of focus of policy and programming is state and federal funding. the entire process of the state and local partnerships, as well as the block grant program. the sustainable community strategy provides a bridge book to read this section and the planning section to collaborate on that strategy -- provide a bridge between at this section in the planning section to collaborate on that strategy. the project section has a significant task just with the oversight of the program categories, and in addition to that, providing either support or lead role on major projects like the parkway and mp

the postal service because we're part of the -- as the postal service is part of the federal workers' compensation program, it happens to be the largest participant in the federal government workers' compensation program responsible for about 40% of the caseload. and as i know senator collins will note for the record, we just feel that the program is now -- it needs tightening. it's more generous than we can afford and i think we have done it in a way that doesn't fall below the standard of most workers' compensation programs in america, including most states and still will save some money. senator collins, thank you for your leadership on this one. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first of all, i want to point out that the reason this is a government wide reform is that the direct -- at the direct request of the obama administration. the postal service makes up the largest number of workers' comp claims in the system, but it's a government wide system and t the -- and the obama administration ark -- argued that they did not want to treat postal workers different from the other federal employees. so that's why

the other area of focus of policy and programming is state and federal funding. the entire process of the state and local partnerships, as well as the block grant program. the sustainable community strategy provides a bridge book to read this section and the planning section to collaborate on that strategy -- provide a bridge between at this section in the planning section to collaborate on that strategy. the project section has a significant task just with the oversight of the program categories, and in addition to that, providing either support or lead role on major projects like the parkway and ramps you heard about earlier, and a coordination role in the agency for the california high-beat real program approach to san francisco and the san francisco peninsula. other projects that will be supported and overseen as part of the year's work are of course central subway and transbay coming in there are a number of smaller projects. there will be engineering support for our own planning efforts. balboa park station. prop k projects and studies, as well as bike studi

competitive grant programs are antithetical to the purpose of federal education aid, which is to provideupport for every pore and disadvantaged child in america. in fact, these competitive grant programs mean we are being asked to tell our constituents is a good idea that their federal tax money is used to give money only to students in certain states and those in other states, including our state, but even if we were winners in the competitive grant programs, we should oppose that idea that the federal government ought to choose that some portions of america deserve federal support and some do not. i think we need to strongly oppose that and that philosophy to rid we have done that and we will continue to do it. we continue to believe that we are not strong enough in our opposition because among our members are winners as well as losers. with all due respect, that is true of the other organizations like the council of great city schools. if we really believe that the purpose of federal education support is to support every poor and disadvantaged child in america, we ought to stand up an

and because, so does california, and i think our osha program is steps ahead of the federal program and the feds continue to learn from these state programs. i understand that while i was gone, that's why i told you why i was gone, chairman walberg, i'm the ranking member on his subcommittee, workforce protection, mentioned that there's an overlay of federal regulations over state regulations, and i don't know if he specifically referred to osha. but just recently he's -- he's said that he was in his district, he visited one of his companies who had just been visited by the state osha program, and right behind that the feds osha came. we've done an investigation, i mean, we've tried to find out what company that was, and why they were there because that would not be appropriate. have you looked into that at the state level? i mean, why would that happen, why would we be wasting money in that regard, and do you know any more about it than i do sitting right here today? >> no, not that particular situation. >> well, okay. i think it's worth looking into. we've asked over and over for the

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program. it would be financed, in part, by the $7 billion overpayment made by the postal service to one of the federal retirement programs. this is a refund that everyone who has looked at this issue agrees is warranted. we had gao did the final call on this and gao has substantiated that there is, in fact, an overpayment to the pers program. we have not included a provision in the earlier draft to refund $55 billion from the srrs retirement program because gao determined that was not, in fact, an overpayment. there are lots of disagreement on that, but we dropped that. we are only refunding the $7 billion overpayment that all parties from independent actuaries and gao and inspector general have verified as being a true overpayment. this buyout program will help to right size the work force, which again, is driving 80% of the postal service's cost. the bill also includes long overdue reforms to the federal workers compensation programs. these reforms, too, will save hundreds of millions of dollars and help put more individuals back on the path to work. unfortunately, the current program has become an

some of her federal programs, they had their relevance at one time but they became wasteful and bloated. we need to have that kind of analysis. u say defense spending. making sure defense spendings relevant to the threats that are around us. way too much of the defense budget goes to those military contracts and things that do not work well. let's say you and ian agree that we are not going to cut it, but let's make it more targeted to what we need to do. those would be some of the things i would look to in formulating a budget. host: well, his question was prediced on future political ambitions. there is a bit of a discussion going on as you are talking about what your intentions might be in the future. governor, a presidential bid? water you thinking about for your political future? guest: i am not thinking about running for office at all. my family is very happy about it after 28 years in a row being in public service. i am a private citizen. some of these guys that campaigned against me all right, to have an opportunity to look at the rld in this way. it is a great thing to serve th

experiment and you expected, you liked it in massachusetts and that's very different than the federal program. you're arguing that that, those differences aren't going to sell. why not? >> the same person designed both plans, john mcdunna who has called obamacare, romney care with three more zeros, instead of millions we're talking billions and when romney says, well, we didn't cut medicare states have no authority over medicare, that's a bogus claim. and he says, well, we didn't raise taxes, well, they've pushed the tax increases on the federal taxpayers because it's an expansion of medicaid. >> paul: this hasn't, however, so far and some of us and i would include myself in it, thought this would hurt romney during the primary season, but it doesn't seem to have done so. why do you think it's suddenly going to hurt him in the general election, if it hasn't made in difference in the primary? >> well, i think it has made a difference. i think that this is one of the reasons that people have been looking for the conservative candidate in this election. which is one of the reasons that romney co

ageing of the population and the rising cost for health care are ballooning the costs of certain federal programs. >> not only are we having like medical costs going up for medicare, but more people are coming on the program, demanding their benefit. >> and that latter factor is actually especially important over the coming decade there will be a 1/3 increase in the number of social security beneficiaries, medicare beneficiaries over the coming decade. >> that's not a projection? >> to be precise. but they're out there. >> they're alive. >> i guess i would conclude that the matter is i do think that the chairman and others who have said it are correct, we'll have to address entitlements and discretionary spending. defense is the only area that has taken substantial cuts at this point. and it cannot sustain in my opinion the full sequester. we're going to have to revisit that without giving up on the reductions in spending that the sequester called for. and i would say i do express disappointment that in the state of the union address, the president talked not at all about those huge issues facing

last year federal program came out to issue phones to low income people.can't keep the lights on in some states and people are getting phones. the whole thing is abuse on your dime. >> wayne. >> corning glass makings this stuff that goes in the cell phone. it is a long-term hold and came down sharply this last year. buy it. >> john layfield. >> walmart greeters phased out. it is still a great company. >> i will miss the

first, in 2001, 2000 and trskan and 2010 tax cuts expire and federal programs will take place the debt limit will need to be faced at the same time. this is what will happen if we do nothing in the coming year. any reduction we develop must be balanced and fair. everyone must contribute but no one should have to make undo sacrifices, one area of the budget falls short not standard, the cut to rural assistance programs i believe are too deep. we all must work together to achieve meaningful deficit reduction. and we cannot do this at the expense of job production. deep cuts to agriculture program s will -- important economic development and housing resources. cut to these programs have a devastating effect on rural communities and stop economic recovery. we need to enact deficit reduction in a smart way. i look forward to working with my colleagues and administration to do so, let's work together to enact significant deficit reduction in a way that enhances our job creation effort, let us take these ideas and find the best ways to use them. i turn to my good friend, senator hatch. >> tha

that is unacceptable in our chaa few new federal programs to the old. if we work only at the edges, our influence will be confined to the margimargins. we need real reform. change will not come by dismantling the federal role of education. i believe strongly in control of local schools. i trust local folks to chart the path to excellence. educational excellence for all is aissue. and this moment is a presidential priority. i have seen how real education reform can lift up scores and schools and effectively change lives. and real education reform reflects four basic commitments. first, children must be tested every year in reading and math. every single year. not just in the third grade or the eighth grade. but in the third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh and eighth grade. i impose a designed here in washington d.c., because i know it would undermine schools and curricula. but states shoulda student each year. without yearly testing, we don't know who is falling behind and who needs help. without yearly testing, too often we don't find failure until it

partnership effort, where they'll begin by running parts of the program at the state level, the federal program or one parts of the program and they'll build toward a fully functional state exchange some time after 2014. what i am confident about is that we will begin enrolling individuals across the country in exchange programs in the fall of 2013, so that they can be fully covered by 20 shp. and i think states are in a variety of conditions of engagement at this point. in terms of dropping coverage, again, the only real-life example we have in terms of this sort of framework being in place is the state of massachusetts, where a very similar structure for employers and a penalty if people didn't carry insurance and the availability of an exchange. and we found in the state of massachusetts that actually coverage increased, it did not decrease when the exchanges were fully functional. i think when you talk to business leaders, they'll tell you that providing affordable insurance coverage is not only a cost factor, but it's a way to keep and maintain the best possible employees. to recruit emplo

the second set of bars shows how other federal programs are said to be a significantly smaller share of gdp this coming decade than they were on average in the past. you see that across a number of programs. defense spending. it takes away the enforcement procedures of the budget control act. the thin spending would be nearly at the lower share of gdp than it has been in my lifetime. none of the defense discretionary spending will be the lowest share of gdp in has been in my lifetime. all of the entitlement programs except social security and health care program would be hosting their small share of gdp. a fair amount of restraint is billed then already in all the part -- is built then already excelled for social security in the federal health-care programs. you can see that despite the restraint in other places, total spending will still be a larger share of gdp. the growth of those programs is driven by the aging of the population. there really is a stark choice here. even with other parts of the budget squeeze -- i am not suggesting we read some limit, but given that all of federal

whelan talks about the obama administration's decision and samantha artiga has details on the federal program that offers health insurance for children in low-income families. "washington journal" live on c- span. during this week's "question time," david cameron answered questions on the economy and on proposed changes to the national health service. operation leader david miliband talked about bonuses and said the government should propose legislation asking the banks to disclose all employees earning more than 1 million pounds per year. >> order. questions for the prime minister. paul farrelly: thank you. >> i am sure the whole house will wish to join me in sending our deepest condolences to the families and friends of signaller ian sartorius-jones from the 20th armored brigade headquarters and signal squadron too legit, and lance corporal gajbahadur gurung, attached to the 1st battalion of the york sure regiment. these are dedicated soldiers who were highly respected by their colleagues. they're courageous, selfless service will never be forgotten by our country. this morning, i had meeti

it helps to the things we qualify for including our federal programs. also helps with administration of costs. also helps to bring down some of the cost for us at the city. we will have to in -- open enrollment periods and that is something the health service staff has agreed to do even though that is more work for them. i want to thank them for that. we did make some plan amendments that drive the costs down and there is also an application of a slight subsidy for blue shield in order to make sure that we are keeping the risk pool such that we're able to collect the accountable care organization to drive down the cost. to recap, for kaiser, i will not speak of some of the other plans for benefits that have stayed static. for non medicare retirees we saw rates go to 4.9%. that is significant when you take a look at how much we spend for this senior medicare world. it went from -2.79 to -- on kaiser. blue shield went from 15.4% to 7% increase which is a significant savings and for the medicare component from 19.60% increase to 11.2% increase. these are s

i think like the no child left behind act, there are the federal programs we could go down to the next president rand paul and ask him what he thinks of the department of education because we don't need it. i mean, the state has been doing fine for all those years. but today is rand paul's website, i'm going to his website. i appreciate it and you have a good day. >> well, that's great. thanks for your question. >> go ahead. >> i mean, people that live in states with good school systems can have pride in their school systems. you know, on the other hand, there's a lot

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federal revenues. that means no other program in the federal government outside of the health care programs on the debt will be paid for by any revenues. >> that's right. but as you know, the debt service that we're paying at that point arises from the combination of policy that we've had in the first -- in the intervening years. >> sure. >> i think it is a judgment that you will all need to make about whether you want to have a country with historical levels of revenues and changes in social security medicare programs to come down to that level. or the programs as they're currently structured and increases in revenues to come up to that level or some combination. >> i know we're talking about a program. >> go ahead. >> i think when you're talking about a program that is going to be 14% of gdp and has no -- no interest in plateauing from there, you have got to, if you're going to have an honest discussion with us and the american people, understand that this is part of -- the centerpiece, perhaps, of the problem. >> rising health care is putting this unbelievable pressure on the federal budget. but the

of billions of your tax dollars are wasted annually on duplication and overlap in dozens of federal programsccording to the government accountability office and the gao also states that nearly every department of the executive branch has room for improvement. republican senator tom coburn says that taxpayers are getting burned on even mundane items like potato chips. the oklahoma republican points to a $50,000 grant to a private potato chip company so it can raise brand awareness and consumer knowledge. at the same time, dozens of other federal initiatives are promoting healthy eating and specifically discouraging the consumption of snacks like potato chips. you're also footing the bill for a new soccer field for guantanamo bay terrorism detainees. and what are highly compliant detainees live in a communal setting and the recreational center is constructed so detainees will have access 20 hours a day in addition to two already existing recreation fields, a military spokesman says outdoor activities help reduce behavior problems at the camp. finally, the american mustache institute says its t

it won't be solved by more federal mandates and programs.e must return flexibility to academic institutions. >> gentleman from california. >> i yield two minutes to the gentleman from california. >> okay, to the gentleman from new jersey mr. holt. >> gentleman from new jersey is recognized for two minutes. >> i thank my friend from california. here, i join the new jersey president's council that represents all of the institutions of higher education in new jersey. join in support of this legislation. as well as the american council on education, which represents 1600 college presidents around the country, in support of this bill. clearly there have been abuses in some businesses and some institutions. and those abuses have to be addressed. but, this legislation, i think, makes sure that we go about it in the right way. i would like to quote one of my constituents, she writes, quote, unlike many nations elsewhere in the world the united states has nurtured a vigorous respect for higher education, under such a system america higher education h

so many government programs are run by the federal government, so mismanaged, it is unbelievable. remember the ama was so deadly against the medicare program being put into law. the doctors and most of the republican senators at that time. i remember clearly. i will be 85 this year. so many programs that are mismanaged in the federal government. i was at the doctor's office last year. i don't take any kind of prescriptions. right away the doctor says, "you have not been here in about nine years." i had knee surgery in 2001. save money, the same surgery, in santa barbara, california -- i was living there at the time. this doctor that i went to for my physical, yearly physical in california, he wanted to put me through all these tests. i said, i don't have any problems, i don't take any prescriptions. white you want to run me through these tests? he said, "i have to put you through the computer here so i know how to manage to." i had an ultrasound of my stomach, and terrorism in the stomach, i had a chest -- aneuryism in the stomach, i had just c -- chest x-ray -- host: i think we lo

one of the issues is whether the provisions should relate to the state benefits as well as the federal program. i think the states now have -- are doing this in terms of unemployment insurance. and the same is true of reemployment services, though i think they've been very much handicapped by the lack of funding, and is mentioned here, funding remains open on several of the other proposals. in terms of the larger issues. let me express my hope that we will set a pattern of the house and senate working together. the only way we're going to succeed here is by having an effort that involves democrats and republicans in the senate and in the house. and i hope that on these big three issues that that will be the pattern. i mentioned the welfare reform issue of some years ago, that is what was done on these issues, on some of the issues that i remember. it was very controversial, wasn't easy, there were differences of opinion. but we sat down in subgroups and talked through these issues. democrats, republicans, house and senate together. and i hope that as we proceed here, that there will be the ful