caller: i would like to get anthony wiener on. i am a veteran. i would like to see social security -- i want them to take care of social security so we can survive better. host: a couple of e-mails. "it will be interesting to watch how little gets done if the republicans plan on attacking the administration for the self- serving ambitions of the party rather than the country's needs. we also have to watch darrell issa make mccarthy-type hearings." a democrat on the line. go ahead. who would you be watching? caller: michele bachmann, rand paul. i actually think that the grown- ups in congress are going to prevail. those who supported the tea party and have these dreams of, you know, government said downs and repealing of -- setdowns and repealing of laws and killing the department of education -- i think those people are going to be disappointed. the other thing i want to say is this nonsense about reading the constitution -- i do not know with these people really understand that the laws in this country are not just the constitution. we have 200

and the amendment that i wanted to speak to is one this i'm offering jointly with congressman anthony wiener, he spoke about it a little bit earlier today. it does not address the health policy aspects of the patient protection bill that was passed last year. it deals with the deficit impact of the proposal before this committee today and before the house next week to repeal that provision. and the amendment is very simple. it says we should be honest with the american people about the deficit impact of repealing the patient protection bill, the health care reform bill, and make sure that we do not increase the deficit as we proceed on that path. i'm just going to read a portion of it, mr. chairman, it says, no increase in the deficit. section two repealing the patient protection affordable care act shall not take effect unless and until the director of office and management budget and consultation with the director of congressional budget office certified to the congress that the repeals affected by such section will not increase the deficit. very straightforward. i would venture to guess t

even more, you have to love a guy who, other than perhaps anthony wiener, tends to speak his mind more in the senate whip, he has role inplayed a thleading policy achievements. the effort to facilitate the creation of a coalition government in iraq. the whole guiding of the reset with russia. his deep immersion in both afghanistan and pakistan strategies. one particular recent experience i just want to highlight. in early december, when jon kyl announced that boats should be put off until the next congress, i would have bet a lot of money that we would never find the 67 votes necessary to ratify that treaty. but the vice president personally and painstakingly went to work with his mastery of the arms control agenda and his intimate knowledge of the u.s. senate and he, one by one, gather the votes to defy the odds to produce a result of that has an importance far beyond the start treaty in terms of russia relations, in terms of nonproliferation goals and global affairs. the foreign-policy challenges that we confront now or breathtaking, but to hear him talk about it is an honor and priv

even more, you have to love a guy who, other than perhaps anthony wiener, tends to speak his mind more than most. [laughter] the vice president of all he has done in the senate whip, he has clearly played a leading role in policy achievements. the effort to facilitate the creation of a coalition government in iraq. the whole guiding of the reset with russia. his deep immersion in both afghanistan and pakistan strategies. one particular recent experience i just want to highlight. in early december, when jon kyl announced that boats should be put off until the next congress, i would have bet a lot of money that we would never find the 67 votes necessary to ratify that treaty. but the vice president personally and painstakingly went to work with his mastery of the arms control agenda and his intimate knowledge of the u.s. senate and he, one by one, gather the votes to defy the odds to produce a result of that has an importance far beyond the start treaty in terms of russia relations, in terms of nonproliferation goals and global affairs. the foreign-policy challenges that we confront now

judiciary committees, but even more, you have got to love a guy who wrote other than perhaps anthony wiener to speak his mind more than most of us. [laughter] the vice president, all he has done in the senate, we are not going to go through all of that. his imprint is on so much. he is clearly, clearly a leading role in many of the obama administration's key foreign policy achievements. the effort, but laborious effort, to facilitate the creation of a coalition government in iraq, the whole guiding of the reset with russia, his deep immersion in both afghanistan and pakistan strategies, much, much more, but one particular recent experience i just want to highlight. in early december, when john kyl announced that the votes should be put off until the next congress, i would have bet a lot of money that we would never find the 67 votes necessary to ratify that treaty, but the vice president personally and painstakingly went to work with this master of arms control agenda and his intimate knowledge of the u.s. sent it, and he, one by one, gathered the votes, to defy the odds, and produced the r