they put a freeze, a suspension on both the state collecting the money and the redevelopme menme anxiencies from spending their money. but that's $1.7 billion of the budget solution. if that money went away, you know, 1.7 is very hard to get. i should point out to people if i could really quickly that this budget is unique because it has these budget triggers in it and these trigger mechanisms if revenues are short in december, we start cutting automatically more. we cut more from uc, from cal state, subsidized child care, health care for the poor. those are cuts on top of the cuts we already have. so this is a really interesting and difficult time to watch those numbers. >> the other thing is that we now have a commission in washington that's going to have some automatic triggers unless they meet certain benchmarks. i mean, this looks pretty like a lot of risk here over automatically having these clauses built into these measures. >> yeah, i got to tell you. the one thing i have found interesting as a reporter who covers sacramento and the statehouse is how much washington has looked

i support this bill as a first step, anxis to get to more spending and savings and getting this wasteful, bloated government down to size, and i know, too, any vote, my principle is tax cuts and spending cuts, if i can change the direction of this country with bigger spending cuts, my vote will be a yes. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin. mr. levin: mr. camp, i just want to ask my colleague from michiganare you ready to close? camp camp yes, i'm prepared to close. mr. levin: i yield myself the balance of the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has three minutes remaining. mr. levin: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: oh, without objection. mr. levin: thank you. e republicans in this house have taken this nation to a dangerous and unnecessary brink . i definitely do not want our nation to default on its full faith in credit, but i also don't want our nation to default on our solemn obligations as a nation, as a community to all of our citizens. that's why we need a balanced approach, to keep us on an