the calller is correct. the president proposes and congress disposes. it is the responsibility of the congress to meet its constitutional obligations to pass bills that relate to the various departments of the government, and to uphold the oath that we take to protect our country from all enemies, foreign and domestic, and to promote the general welfare of the country to establish justice, and if you think about what we do, normally that happens in several bills that congress will pass to fund the various departments of the government, starting with the feds. what has been happening over the past several years, there have been fits and starts where the committees are not functioning of the regular order. the gentleman is correct. the committees have not been meeting. they have not been passing bills under regular order in bringing them to the floor for a vote. the president brought forth one of the issues in a very broad- ranging address made in the area of gun violence. he said give us a vote. give us a vot

republican calller.r: i do not understand why obama who says i inherited this debt and this debt, but he has doubled the debt from 7000 to 14,000 by redoing the oval office. that office has been that way for 40-50 years, and he goes to change everything in it. i am a military spouse. my husband is deployed. you are talking about cutting the military? our men, our husbands, wives are over there fighting for our freedoms, and the government is treating them like they do not even matter. you are just another person we pay. and every other country is building over -- building up their military. guest: think you for your comments, and thank you for your family service. regarding your husband service, his pay is protected. service, hisnd's pay is protected. right now we are spending six times more than the next closest nation on defense. at some point there has to be a slowing down of how we're spending money to defend the country. we cannot sustain this. this is particularly true in the light of the fact of t

republican calller. caller: i do not understand why obama who says i inherited this debt and this debt, but he has doubled the debt from 7000 to 14,000 by redoing the oval office. that office has been that way for 40-50 years, and he goes to change everything in it. i am a military spouse. my husband is deployed. you are talking about cutting the military? our men, our husbands, wives are over there fighting for our freedoms, and the government is treating them like they do not even matter. you are just another person we pay. and every other country is building over -- building up their military. guest: think you for your comments, and thank you for your family service. regarding your husband service, his pay is protected. service, hisnd's pay is protected. right now we are spending six times more than the next closest nation on defense. at some point there has to be a slowing down of how we're spending money to defend the country. we cannot sustain this. this is particularly true in the light of the fac