host: secretary geithner nemade a statement and fears there will be some damage by this spectacle. last phone call for the congresswoman here. california. caller: this is a case on the wars on health care, the debt ceiling. [unintelligible] guest: i think the president has some priorities. he has been talking about it. as a democrat, i would hope he would support. we have a long history of supporting social safety net for people. nobody wants to see medicare dismantled. i do not want to do that. if we go to a whole different way of spending the program, it can hurt seniors in this country and heard their families as well. we have to be very cognizant of that and make adjustments down the line. we have to make sure we preserve that. host: thanks forthe conversatioh congressman. up next is louie gohmert of texas. first a news update from c-span radio. >> more about timothy geithner's remarks on abc news. when asked if he thought the credit rating of the country would be lowered, he said, it is not my judgment to make. mike mullen speaking to reporters in baghdad said that american tr