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representatives and president george w.h. bush's chief of staff discuss the 1990's congressional budget. it was part of a conference marking the 25th anniversary of president bush's presidency. this is about an hour. >> i'm a great believer that nothing gets done unless presidents lead. [applause] i had the great privilege to work for a president that 10 times a day reminded the chief of staff that things had to get done and go do them. to set the stage for this discussion, let me remind you in 1989, 1990 the country was having financial problems. it was drifting into recession it had huge deficit. the financial community knew that the united states needed a multiyear budget agreement and it was pretty clear that this was going to be a strong, tough hard battle between the executive branch and the legislative branch. george bush understood this and his message to those us who had to help get this done was go get a budget. there is one person who is not here today passed away but i have to tell you george bush had the benefit in dick

." >>> former president george w.h. bush turned 90 today and marked the milestone by jumping out of a helicopter. he was picked up outside of his home in maine. he was flown 6,000 feet into the air and he jumped in tandem with a retired army parachutist landing safely. unbelievable. 90 years old doing that. bush made the vow to do the jump five years ago and he carried it through, despite relying on a wheelchair when he's down on earth. we'll be right back. >> the hits keep coming from the gop. on monday, we told you abchanges to the texas republican platform which already says that, quote, homosexuality tears at the fabric of society. well, to go even further, according to the associated press under the new plank, the texas gop recognizes legitimacy and efficacy of counseling which offers reparative therapy and treatment for those patients seeking healing and wholeness from their homosexual lifestyle. that's in the official republican platform. that was just put in. rick perry was asked whether homosexuality was a disorder

first prescription free at mybreo.com >>> former president george w.h. bush jumping out of a helicopter. he was picked up outside of his home in maine. he was flown 6,000 feet into the air and he jumped in tandem with a retired army parachutist landing safely. unbelievable. 90 years old doing that. bush made the vow to do the jump five years ago and he carried it through, despite relying on a wheelchair when he's down on earth. we'll be right back. you probably know xerox as the company that's all about printing. but did you know we also support hospitals using electronic health records for more than 30 million patients? or that our software helps over 20 million smartphone users remotely configure e-mail every month? or how about processing nearly $5 billion in electronic toll payments a year? in fact, today's xerox is working in surprising ways to help companies simplify the way work gets done and life gets lived. with xerox, you're ready for real business. is all ready the brand ofstate anthe year.ds lived. berkshire hathaway home services. good to know. >

. >>> former president george w.h. bush can no longer use his legs but isn't that stopping him from keeping a vow he made five years ago to jump from his aircraft on his 90th birthday. it's a wonderful day in maine, nice enough for a parachute jump. we watched the president jump from a helicopter about a half hour ago. it was a rough landing, but he appeared to be okay. we'll return to the hearing when it resumes in about 45 minutes live. we'll go back to the opening statements as the hearing was just getting under way. >>> committee will come to order. thank you, everybody, for coming to this hearing this morning. we have numerous members that are on their way, but we want to respect the time of our witnesses. we appreciate them being with us today. before i begin, i want to ask unanimous consent to allow our colleague and former committee member congressman mcnirny to sit the diaz and participate in today's hearing. welcome to today's full committee hearing, an examination on bureaucratic barriers to care for our veterans