host: representative don edwards joining us up until 9:00.he numbers will be a -- a special run for maryland, 585-3883. indiana, you are up first on the republican line. this is the max. go ahead. caller: yes, my name is max, i am from indiana. i know we need cuts. i am not agreeing the sequester is the right way to go but we definitely need massive cuts. talking about our infrastructure -- there are other ways. we could quit giving money overseas and planes to people overseas. egypt does not need our planes and tanks. people need to get up and get a job. no free rides in america. we give out too many now. host: i appreciate the sentiment. the question is, how do you reduce the short-term deficit, long-term debt, and grow the economy and how you do that in a responsible way by looking line by line at the federal budget and then making irresponsible cuts. what is happening but the sequester is it is not that at all, so it does not reflect our national priorities. the sequester, and in fact, goes across the board, drastic cuts, without looking

and a half, we will discuss the pending automatic spending cuts with democratic representative don edwards, maryland, whose district includes the suburbs of washington, d.c., and joint based andrews, the home of air force one. also joining us to take

representatives injury connolly, don edwards, eleanor holmes norton, john delaney and my classmate in this congress who came with me to congress in the 97th congress, my deer friend, frank wolf, and i would urge all might have colleagues to support this resolution and i thank mr. nolan and mr. barletta for bringing this resolution to the floor and i yield back the balance of my time. to mr. nolan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from minnesota. mr. nolan: mr. speaker, we have no other speakers so we yield back the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. barletta: i'd like to thank the gentleman from minnesota for his support and also the gentleman from maryland for introducing this very important resolution and for what it means for so many across our country. mr. speaker, i have no other speakers and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to house concurrent resolution 19. those in favor say aye. thos

. >> we will discuss pending automatic federal spending cuts with don edwards of maryland, whose district includes washington, d.c. and and the home of air force one. also joining us will be on who ran the forbes. that is lives every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. house speaker john boehner told reporters in negotiations over the sequestered he was ruling out tax increases. >> good morning, everyone. americans know washington has a spending problem. it is hurting families and small businesses and must be addressed. there are many people in washington who do not believe the government has a spending problem, the minority leader, the minority whip, who do not believe we have a spending problem. the president said to me in december we do not have a spending problem. in the four years since the senate democrats last passed a budget, government debt has ballooned to $16 trillion. i do not believe that that is a result of insufficient taxation. this year the federal government will bring in revenue more money in from taxpayers than any year in our history. the debt is a result, i believe, of spendin