reporter: c.n.s. news. the u.s. is running a record trade deficit with china. $1552 billion in the first five months of this year. is that a problem for the united states? mr. ryan: i think what's a problem for the united states is china steals our intellectual property. i think a problem for the united states is china oversupplies commodities and dumps on the foreign markets through third party chris. the problem is not that they're playing by the rules and winning in a fair exchange. the problem is they're skirting the rules and that's not fair. >> last question. reporter: i wanted to follow up on the immigration question too and talk about a bill that the president would sign into law. you know there's going to be a fight for government funding at the end of september, that the president hopefully won't want to shut down government right before an election and he'll have to find something. do you see any potential there to package up a bill that has the four pillars, with the government funding bill -- mr. ryan: