indicated he supports and send them to congress right way because they're good for us and good for amican workers and farmers and second we need to reengage in the world stage to make sure america has a place on the table as new market share is being opened up we have the opportunity to allow our workers to take advantage of that. i am concerned about the direction of the trade policy and i'm hoping we can address that in the context of passing the agree agreements and at the same time give the president of another party than i am the trade promotion authorit to enable him to complete the agreements because they're good for our economy. if you look at what's ha hpened in the disappointing growth in the last couple quarters without the trade it would have been far worse. trade one of the areas we've seen befit because w have increased exports because of the value of the dollar going down but this is an area where we should be doing a lot more and being a biggertrading company and should be the largest exporter in the world which we are in many categories but per capita well behind all of o

he's the only amican in a french law firm. he passed the french bar.uffs. >> charlie: do you speak french all the time there or english and french. we speak glish in home and we can't even spe french in front ofhe ki anymore because they speak french but we decided to stay. >> charlie: because of his profession as much yours. >> y asuch as his professio as much as me. i'm finishing up the publicity for the book which just came out two weeks ago and working for the "new york times." sot's pretty good, touch wood. >> charlie: what's the magic of paris for you? >> the magic is, there's always a surprise. we've been there nine years now and you turn a corner and there's something new to see. there's a new building, there's a new resurant, the's a new shop. i walk down the street to my corner. i know the name of the green grocery, ali, the kiosk guy, bahime, mark the fish monger. you can't walk alone in ris, you're part of a community. >> charlie: is france relevant today? >> france is relevant. france thinks it's more relevant than it really is. >> charlie

. >> reporter: he said the amican people may have voted for divided government but they didn't vote forunctional government. he blamed republican leaders, who want spending cuts alone. and he warned of catastrophic consequenc if the government defaults on its debt. skyrocketing credit card and mortgage rates. he urged viewers to let members of congress know they want what he calls a balanced approach to cutting the deficit, some spending cuts, some tax increases. >> the o only reason this baland approach isn't on its way to becoming law right now is because a significant number of republicans in congress are insistinon a different approach. a cuts-only approach. >> reporter: boehner struck back with an address immediately afterwards. and he gave no ground, saying it is the president and democrats who are blocking a deal by failing to support the plan of house republicans. >> the sad truth is that the president wanted a blank check six months ago. and he wants a blank check today. this is just not going to happen. >> reporter: many americans apparently did respond to the president's call

that partisan bill was the product of the republicans' my way or the highway approach that held all amicans hostage to ransom payment for medicare, medicaid, and social security beneficiaries. . now, we must find a commonsense compromise. that's why i will vote for the reid amendment today -- reid bill today. the reid bill says it will not let us default from our fiduciary obligations. throughout deliberations on the self-inflicted debt crisis, my bottom line has been to protect social security, medicare and medicaid. this plan contains real spendinguts and deficit reduction to begin putting our nation's fiscal house in order. it meets the speaker's requirement that spending be cut by the amount at least as large as the debt ceiling increase. and it does so while protecting social security, medicare and medicaid beneficiaries. it also safeguards programs that provide low-income young people the opportunity to go to college and to work to achieve the american dream. we must take responsible action now to avert this crisis and move to significant measures to create jobs and generate economic

revenue source into our challenges in terms of meeting our debt and dealing with the lk deficit.the amican p and our proposal would do exactly that. i don't know how you can get tho american people and say we're t going to cut dominate games that will affect life. on this issue, will keep itsundl oil. will not touch a penny from their pockets. that's fundamentally wrong and the american people know it. with that, mr. president, i yield the floor.y wit >> mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to enter into. a colloquy for up to 30 minutes. >> is there objection? would l without objection. >> thank you on mr. president.la first of all, they too stand very happy that the democratic e colleagues agreed to allow us to come back next week and not continue with the july 4 recessn it is important that we start tt work on the single greatest issue causing the most important issue facing this nation.at a couple minutes ago, i objected to what the leadership wanted us to move to, which was an important debate, but it is not. addressing what we need to address. in fact, the matter is in theth. senate

came here to put the federal government back in a place where folks will want to invest and grow and amicans can go back to work. host: in the "washington post" this morning, talking about state and local cutbacks. it up to restrict growth to an anemic levels. your thoughts. guest: it is devastating. we cannot have growth of 0.4% and hope to have job replacements any where close to what america needs. you talk about the states and the impactn states. that has been a long time coming. the states do not have the benefit of a printing press like we have at the federal government. they have to balance their budget. we have delayed that pain with the stimulus plan. sent money down to the states and attended for years that states did not have to do difficult things and make good decisions for their own balance sheets. it is not a retraction to to the size of state government. the governments have gotten too big as well and they are starting to do the right thing. you see what happens in wisconsin and ohio and now kansas where we have governors working hard to create environments where people want

to the amican people, how much money they should have how much is taken out of social security and why it has not been paid back. and how many people in this country pass away each year at retirement age and never draw that first time of social security? where does that money go to? how much money -- how much of that money does the federal government keep? if we are going to tighten the belt, then need answers from the government of what they're doing with the money they take in. and the politicians need to tighten the purse strings on some of this idiotic spending they do and get this country back on the right track with things that needs to be or it needs to have money spent on it first. and then all of th other stuff can be put into play secondary, wants the needs of the american people needs our debt was first. guest: i will note this children it is a republican and he said it is a contrac with the american people, social security and medicare benefits, and he wants an accounting. ultimately, we aee on the same thing. do not get these benefits. these are benefits the government sai