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liberties. there are over $50 billion and businesses who may provide insurance because their insurance does not meet the definition of what a qualified plan it is will be penalized. it cuts $500 billion for medicare. almost 100,000 seniors in southern nevada participate in. it eliminates the open enrollment time. while there are things worthwhile, the bill is not good for the people of nevada. >> this is one of those areas where we completely disagree. i do not know where you get your figures. also this is another area where you flip-flopper. you were going to repeal the bill and you call it a horrible and now you see some things that you like. that is interesting because when you go on the floor, you do not get to boad to yes on this section but not that one. the provisions are much better than any things that need to be fixed. this is not written in stone. in this legislation you can work on. >> any time a bill that is written -- there is [unintelligible] there is over 150 different government programs and agencies created. the bureaucracy will separate the relationship and decreased the abil

tom's charge is to roll out the nsi nationwide while insuring that civil liberties and privacy are strengthened. you may be familiar with nsi due to secretary napolitano's see something, say something campaign. this is the public awareness component. the nsi is one of our most significant accomplishments to date and an example of the ise in action. policies, mission processes and systems which leverage ise core capabilities and enablers to empower the men and women on the front line, to share and access the information they need to keep our country safe. and i have late-breaking news, so i'm going to make a little nudes today. a little news, but it's important and it's good. the fbi is already well integrated into the nsi solution. last week the fbi extended their integration to improve sharing of suspicious activity reports generated from their field work. what's noteworthy is that these sars, while unclassified, are being worked and contained in fbi's classified systems and databases. it's a great example of being data-centric in our sharing and sharing federal data with other levels of gover

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tom's charge is to roll out the nsi nationwide while insuring that civil liberties and privacy are strengthened. you may be familiar with nsi due to secretary napolitano's see something, say something campaign. this is the public awareness component. the nsi is one of our most significant accomplishments to date and an example of the ise in action. policies, mission processes and systems which leverage ise core capabilities and enablers to empower the men andwomen on the front line, to share and access the information they need to keep our country safe. and i have late-breaking news, so i'm going to make a little nudes today. a little news, but it's important and it's good. the fbi is already well integrated into the nsi solution. last week the fbi extended their integration to improve sharing of suspicious activity reports generated from their field work. what's noteworthy is that these sars, while unclassified, are being worked and contained in fbi's classified systems and databases. it's a great example of being data-centric in our sharing and sharing federal data with other levels of govern

insurance. and extended unemployment. of course the stimulus. they always spend more. thomas jefferson said it is the natural progress of things for liberty to yield and government to gain ground. but never before outside wartime has government gained so much ground. >> just got to stop spending. john: for most of the life of america when we grew the fastest government spent in today's dollars just a few hundred dollars per person. today, the federal government alone spends $10,000 per american. total government now eats up 40% of the economy. 40%! the political class always claims they need more. >> many people are hurting. >> help america's steelworkers. >> tax funding for black farmers >> i average 20 to 30 meetings a day people asking for something from the federal government. john: paul ryan believes government should do less. you are telling your colleagues stay out, don't do anything? >> yeah. in many of these cases, yes. john: that's not a popular idea around here. congress listens to testimony all day, 99% comes from people asking for stuff. >> i propose congress pass legislation. >> i propose that congress. john: there's a reaso

insurance. and extended unemployment. of course the stimulus. they always spend more. thomas jefferson said it is the natural progress of things for liberty to yield and government to gain ground. but never before outside wartime has government gained so much ground. >> just got to stop spending. john: for most of the life of america when we grew the fastest government spent in today's dollars just a few hundred dollars per person. today, the federal government alone spends $10,000 per american. total government now eats up 40% of the economy. 40%! the political class always claims they need more. >> many people are hurting. >> help america's steelworkers. >> tax funding for black farmers >> i average 20 to 30 meetings a day people asking for something from the federal government. john: paul ryan believes government should do less. you are telling your colleagues stay out, don't do anything? >> yeah. in many of these cases, yes. john: that's not a popular idea around here. congress listens to testimony all day, 99% comes from people asking for stuff. >> i propose congress pass legislation. >> i propose that congress. john: there's a reaso