men have up to four whifs. altogether. i think it lessens a woman's pleasure in sexual activities. your husband doesn't have to worry about test mying. personally, it's about dom in addition. >> you wrote a book, what did the men in liberia say? >> men in liberia believe that a woman's body is for reproductive purpose, and not sexual enjoy: she's not supposed to enjoy it. the man is supposed to enjoy sex, and not the woman. so f g.m. came to play where they remove what makes her enjoy it. remove what makes her have the urge or the sensation, and that is the clitoris and the labia. >> the message is it takes away the urge, but it doesn't take away the urge. >> no, people that are circumcised have children out of wedlock. it means what they are preventing them from, is what they are doing. that mentality that it lessens the urge to have sex. ta may, but not to 100% level. >> you talked about the big numbers, focussing on 29 african and middle eastern countries. when you talk about female genital mutilation, you think of it as a problem. but you here 500,000 in the u.s. it is. now. it

done and then begin from that point, not begin from a point that, oh, we've missed the chance we whiffed on getting $70 billion of fundamental entitlement reform, and now we've got to start from further in the hole than we were two years ago. i think this is a positive step for the budget. is it perfect is it the way i would have done things if i was in a room by myself drawing this up? of course not. but it is a good product that is honestly, it has been in the works for over three-and-a-half years' time. republicans and democrats, we heard from payers, we heard from physicians, we heard from beneficiaries. we listened to all of those groups and this drove the base policy on what is now known as the sgr repeal. >> host: again h.r. 1470 if you want to track it this week on cap until hill. have you answer a -- capitol hill. have you answer a few questions conrad in ridgeway, virginia. line for independents. conrad, good morning. >> caller: good morning. >> guest: good morning conrad. >> caller: representative burgess, last congress you were, i believe the sponsor in the house of h.r. 1828