it's bipart sisan they made sur we had the protections for the most vulnerable. it's very well pointed out in the recommendations. it's balanced between spending cuts and recommendations. there's only two ways to balance a budget. you bring in more revenue or cut spending. and bowles-simpson has a proper balance between the additional revenues and thus spending. i applaud their efforts on it. if you look at what this committee should be doing and that is getting the macro instructions to our committees, i would hope that we could reach that consensus. when the bo wiwles-simpson recommendation came out, i supported the numbers. i took exception to some specific recommendations, as i think each one of us has. but that's the work that will be done by the committees of jurisdiction. that's not the work to be done by the budget committee. it's the committee of jurisdiction. i disagree with the tax recommendations. i listened to senator crepo. i think he had a lot of really good ideas. that will be up to the senate finance committee that we serve on. that's how it shou