host ed ayers, brian ballo regale with tales of beer. this weekend on c-span3. >>> on wednesday, the senate budget committee held a hearing to consider chairman kent conrad's 2013 budget resolution. the proposal is based on the bowles/simpson plan and includes $5.4 trillion in deficit reduction over ten years. during the hearing, the budget committee ranking member, jeff sessions, along with budget committee members continually voiced their disappointment for not being able to have a mark-up hearing and offer amendments. according to senator conrad, there is no date scheduled on which the mark-up votes would occur, and he doesn't expect an agreement before the november elections. this is just under three hours. >> the meeting will come to order. we want to welcome everyone to the senate budget committee today. the committee meets today to begin consideration of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2013. i will have a statement, then we'll recognize the ranking member for his statement, chen the chair will recognize oth