medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. >>> just moments ago we heard from republican congressman jason chaffetz budget plan released today. joining us is chris van hollen, ranking democrat on the committee. >> good morning. >> we heard from congressman chaffetz he welcomes he says debate over ryan's budget plan version 2.0. do you? what do you hate about it and like about it. >> i welcome the debate. we haven't seen every detail. from what we know so far this is not good for the country. if you're mitt romney, you're going to love this budget, because what it does is provide another round of tax cuts for the wealthiest americans and does it at the expense of middle lass taxpayers and seniors. the reality is that seniors are going to face the increase in health care costs. they're going to go up and also going to see their taxes go up, because what this budget is proposing is to give over $100,000 in tax cuts, if you're a millionaire, and squeeze more on middle income taxpayers. so the argument here is not whether or not we should reduce the deficit. we have to do that. the question is whether y

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jason chaffetz out of salt lake city. >> thank you. bill: patti ann.nn: rick santorum telling voters he is only true conservative in the gop field. fighting words for team romney. his campaign answers in just minutes. also? >> you want to be let out of here, you're welcome to go. now, wait a minute. wait a minute. now wait a minute. now wait a minute. wait a minute. bill: remember that scene? arlen specter responding to questions about his, to his voters about a support for the health care law. it may have cost the party changing democrat his job. now more than two years later why the former senator is slamming the president and the vice president. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. bill: former democratic senator revealing some surprising revelations about the obama administration. arlen specter out of pennsylvania claimi

utah congressman, jason chaffetz serves on house committee on oversight and government reform.ood morning morning to you. >> good morning, bill. bill: what do you make of this revelation? >> this is troubling. we're being slow-walked by the justice department. the obama administration is still not giving us all the documents. here we have a revelation in may of 2010, we apprehended somebody who is committing a crime, with 74 rounds of ammunition hidden under a tire in his car trying to cross the border. the agent in charge of "fast and furious" is called in. she meets with him. writes the contact information on top of a $10 bill, please contact me after you come into town. they have already moved hundreds of weapons in "fast and furious.". 1,000 additional weapons go out the door. we end up having a dead agent in december. we are then able to apprehend him in february. it begs more questions than it answers. bill: but the question still comes back to why. why would he be allowed to go free? >> i don't know. that's is the question we want to ask. remember the obama administratio

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republican congressman jason chaffetz of utah is a romney supporter. nice to see, you sir.e appreciate it, as always. >> good morning. >> mitt romney has said, i hope i get the support of the people in ohio. and i believe if i get the support of the people of ohio e., i win, i can get the norm nation. do you think that's right? >> it certainly would move him in the right direction. you're mitt romney you won't place places are anybody. i think the governor has always understood this is a national campaign and he's done exceptionally well. take all santorum, all the gingrich support and delegates that they have and you add them together and you still don't come close to mitt romney. i think if people focus on jobs and they want more jobs, they want less debt and want smaller government. if that's your main objective then you're going to support mitt romney today. >> so if he wins ohio, regardless of what happens in the nine other states, you believe he becomes a nominee? >> i think he's going to become the nominee even if it goes one direction or the other by a few thousand