add up the total spending for nih and cdc and the epa and social security administration, it's 58 ilion dollars below the deal. in addition to that, they cut back a bunch of other types of spending by 94 billion dollars. that's like underfunding the deal by $152 billion. within the last week and the speaker mccarthy has indicated they are planning to do another $60 billion beyond that and they have locked in around five ilion dollars but we will see where the rest comes from. that's why we are in a difficult situation. house republicans have created these massive cuts compared to what the deal was six months ago. host: you can ask about the funding process, (202) 748-8000 for republicans, (202) 748-8001 for democrats and independents (202) 748-8002. you can text us your thoughts at journal@c-span.org (202) 748-8003. are there differences between with the senate versus the house? guest: the senate has begun its process. it has marked them up and they had major bipartisan support. they were working on moving a minibus and i think they had 89 or 91 senators for a motion for cloture. they h

add up the total spending for nih and cdc and the epa and social security administration, it's 58 ilion dollars below the deal. in addition to that, they cut back a bunch of other types of spending by 94 billion dollars. that's like underfunding the deal by $152 billion. within the last week and the speaker mccarthy has indicated they are planning to do another $60 billion beyond that and they have locked in around five ilion dollars but we will see where the rest comes from. that's why we are in a difficult situation. house republicans have created these massive cuts compared to what the deal was six months ago. host: you can ask about the funding process, (202) 748-8000 for republicans, (202) 748-8001 for democrats and independents (202) 748-8002. you can text us your thoughts at journal@c-span.org (202) 748-8003. are there differences between with the senate versus the house? guest: the senate has begun its process. it has marked them up and they had major bipartisan support. they were working on moving a minibus and i think they had 89 or 91 senators for a motion for cloture. they h

who are serving as caregivers to their loved ones, and they are unpaid and they are saving us 600 ilionollars annually. and so my question to you is, if you are elected president what would you do to help ameliorate the lives of these caregivers and give them back some freedom? because they don't have any right now in the sense that they are juggling their responsibilities to family, to themselves, and to the person for whom theyes are caring for. >> thank you for the question and something we do within florida quite a bit bit, given our population. a couple things. o one, inflation is putting more pressure on all these things but according, like how he going to be able to make ends meet when prices are going up the way they have done? and when his inflation was 9% less you, for person can understand some things have gone up 50 or 100%. particularly when you need help so i think that is good to be a big, big relief across the board. i think will help. they of the think we're going to do a small something like what we've done a florida for different types of social services. if someone g