lloyd bentsen it be my first job at treasury. i left the treasury, we de la hoya bensen gave me my first job at treasury. -- first under secretary jim baker. lloyd bentsen gave me my first job at treasury. there was nothing good for business and that swing. -- in that swing. we are trying to dig out of it. we are willing to work with you on how best to do that, but our priorities, again, are to fix what is broken, people are back to work. if we do that well, then we will be in a better position to help dig ourselves a lot of that fiscal hole. >> where i come from, when you're in a whole, you stop digging. -- when you are in ta hole. we want to see where we can find ways to move ahead and get jobs started again in this country. thank you. >> we can start the clock over for mr. lwevin. -- levin. >> i just want to be clear about the numbers. there is a new category now called the democrats' control budgets, -- democrats control budgets. [gavel] >> mr. levin will proceed. >> i think we need to find common ground, but it will not work

lloyd bentsen it be my first job at treasury.hen i left the treasury, we de la hoya bensen gave me my first job at treasury. -- first under secretary jim baker. lloyd bentsen gave me my first job at treasury. there was nothing good for business and that swing. -- in that swing. we are trying to dig out of it. we are willing to work with you on how best to do that, but our priorities, again, are to fix what is broken, people are back to work. if we do that well, then we will be in a better position to help dig ourselves a lot of that fiscal hole. >> where i come from, when you're in a whole, you stop digging. -- when you are in ta hole. we want to see where we can find ways to move ahead and get jobs started again in this country. thank you. >> we can start the clock over for mr. lwevin. -- levin. >> i just want to be clear about the numbers. there is a new category now called the democrats' control budgets, -- democrats control budgets. [gavel] >> mr. levin will proceed. >> i think we need to find common ground, but it will not w

lloyd bentsen it be my first job at treasury.n i left the treasury, we de la hoya bensen gave me my first job at treasury. -- first under secretary jim baker. lloyd bentsen gave me my first job at treasury. there was nothing good for business and that swing. -- in that swing. we are trying to dig out of it. we are willing to work with you on how best to do that, but our priorities, again, are to fix what is broken, people are back to work. if we do that well, then we will be in a better position to help dig ourselves a lot of that fiscal hole. >> where i come from, when you're in a whole, you stop digging. -- when you are in ta hole. we want to see where we can find ways to move ahead and get jobs started again in this country. thank you. >> we can start the clock over for mr. lwevin. -- levin. >> i just want to be clear about the numbers. there is a new category now called the democrats' control budgets, -- democrats control budgets. [gavel] >> mr. levin will proceed. >> i think we need to find common ground, but it will not wor