joining us tom cole, republican from oklahoma, views the election as a referendum on taxes. have you with us. it's a referendum on taxes but as candidate romney said some months ago down in florida, if 47%, 46% of the households are already paying no taxes, is his message of lower taxes going to resonate with that significant portion of the electorate? >> i actually think that message does resonate. most americans know instinctively higher taxes mean slower growth, fewer jobs. whether you're paying income taxes, everyone has a strong interest in robust economy and a low tax rate is part of that. >> sir, if obama wins re-election, will republicans have to give up on their no tax hike position? >> the question is not really whether they'll give up. no, they don't have to give up. the problem is all the bush tax cuts run out automatically. republicans could vote to extend them unless the president is willing to sign that extension. then they run out. that, by the way, could have happened in 2010. the only reason we were able to avoid it then is the president, i think, wisely de

. >> tom: cole sync wit bgc finance. >> tom: violence erupting this week in spain and greece over government austerity measures are reminders the european debt crisis is far from solved. today, spain unveiled its 2013 budget, promising more big budget cuts as the government tries to reduce its heavy deficit. as turmoil and tension in the euro-zone escalates, there remain questions about the longevity of the euro currency. today, italian prime minister mario monti said he doesn't think any country will leave the union. erika miller reports from new york. >> reporter: as italian prime minister mario monti left today's event, he dodged reporters and walked straight to a waiting car. earlier at the forum, it was a different story. calm, cool and collected, monti stayed carefully on message. he made it clear italy is better off as part of the european union. >> the euro brought to italy a single currency, shared with all the others, that is very important economically. >> reporter: monti also emphasized the benefits of the common currency for other member countries, like germany. >> thanks to the

i want to bring in congressman tom cole republican from oklahoma and the former chairman of the rncc. good to see you, congressman. good morning. >> chris, great to be with you. >> i'm sure you've seen them. a lot of headlines this morning about how nervous republicans are. let me read to you part of what peggy noonan wrote today. i think there is a broad and growing feeling now among republicans that this thing is slipping out of romney's hands. it's time to admit the romney campaign is an incompetent one. it's not big. it's not brave. it's not thoughtfully tackling grave issues. she says it's time for an intervention. is she right, congressman? >> i don't think so. look, we're in the fourth quarter of a very close game and every play is magnified. i don't think we'll be looking back at the end of the game and say this was a decisive turning point. no question that governor romney would have said this differently had he thought he was speaking in public and should have said it differently but the fundamental point i think as ron suggested is right. this plays into the narrative of bo

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. >> on "washington journal" tomorrow morning, tom cole will take your questions about the so-called fiscal cliff. representative rick larsen. wednesday, the attorny general steps down following a report. the house oversight and government reform committee hearing is why thursday starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> my experience was as a prosecutor. we would occasionally run into law and for an arms. they would be our agents. i was doing mortgage fraud in cases. i started up a unit. i did not know it the big picture. when i got the job, one of the first things i did was meet the different ig's. starting with those meetings and over next couple of years, i found the inspection generals, unfortunately, while they ever supposed to be fierce watchdogs, they really had become or were often just like any governmental agency. their number one concern seem to be things about their budget, how to preserve their budget, and they were very word -- worried about clashing with management and to much interactions with congress. it was a go along, get along attitude. i kept hearing over a

that is a lead into our next discussion with congressman tom cole who will be here. we will be talking about the so- called fiscal of that awaits in december after the election. -- fiscal cliff that awaits an december after the election. we will be right back. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] all this weekend, but tv's live coverage of the national book coverage ofbook-tv's the national book festival. your phone callsyourtweets starting saturday at 10:00 and sunday at noon. >> we have to crack down on china when they cheat. they manipulate their currency. [applause] they still plans and designs. they have counterfeit goods. another went to be a responsible partner in the world of trade. they have to understand they cannot take away jobs on an unfair basis. >> he made money investing in companies that uprooted from here and went to china. pioneers. you cannot stand up to china when all you have done is send them our jobs. >> watch and engage with c-span as the campaign's moving forward tow

. >> host: tom cole in the king of the president is reelected, he could see taxes would go up next year. do you agree? >> guest: i want to vote to raise taxes. i am one vote out of the 45 and the house and in the senate. i think with the congressman and saying is that he expects the president to push and mandate the tax increase in exchange for spending reductions and that is a part of the space process that we will deal with it president obama is reelected, which i hope it's not, and as i've already pointed out i'm going to vote for governor romney and hopefully if i am the elected with president romney we will be talking about reducing spending and cutting taxes and creating opportunities in the private sector to find employment to be opposed to the vote against the tax increase that they could go of it the president is reelected? >> guest: i could see the president obama would attempt to raise taxes. he is campaigning on that and his tax on millionaires. but, you know, that's his prerogative. if he is reelected i don't personally think a lot of people in america want to see their inc

. >> on washington journal tomorrow morning,tom cole of oklahoma will take your questions about the so-called fiscal cliff and other budget issues. representative rick larsen, a democrat from washington, will talk about his bill to help voters who do not have proper id on election day. we will look at irs tax data on who pays and who does not pay off federal taxes. our guest is director -- director of the tax policy center in live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> the deputy assistant attorney general and the former head of the atf step down wednesday following the release of the inspector general's report on operation fast and furious. michael horowitz testifies on his findings after investigating the operation that allowed guns to be smuggled across the u.s.- mexico border. the house oversight and government reform committee hearing is live thursday, starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >> we have to crack down on china when they teach. they manipulate currency - when they cheat. they manipulate their currency to the steel plow -- patents and designs. and they want to be a r

the cole street clinic is a youth clinic in the heart of the haight ashbury and they target youth. tomll takes care of many of the central city residents and they have great expertise in providing services for many of the homeless. potrero hill and southeast health centers are health centers in those particular communities that are family health centers, so they provide health care to patients across the age span. . >> many of our clients are working poor. they pay their taxes. they may run into a rough patch now and then and what we're able to provide is a bridge towards getting them back on their feet. the center averages about 14,000 visits a year in the health clinic alone. one of the areas that we specialize in is family medicine, but the additional focus of that is is to provide care to women and children. women find out they're pregnant, we talk to them about the importance of getting good prenatal care which takes many visits. we initially will see them for their full physical to determine their base line health, and then enroll them in prenatal care which occurs over the next