. >> that was florida freshman congresswoman, well, now congresswoman lois frankel. she's no stranger to politics. she was first elected to the florida statehouse in 1986. after six years in office she decided to make a bid for the u.s. house, losing to hastings. she returned in 1994 and became the first minority leader in state history. she ran for mayor of west palm beach, beating the incumbent. 2011 frankel announced she would challenge tea party leader and got the backing of nancy pelosi. she decided to run in the 18th district, making it an open race, and republican adam hasker. 20 years after losing her first bid, she pulled out a victory. lois frankel, i know the area well. congresswoman, thanks for being on this morning. >> thank you. good morning. >> good morning. let me ask you about what is going to be in the news today. simpson-bowles is rolling out a new proposal, grand bargain, if you will. it includes a lot of new issues that you ran on essentially to defend, having to do with social security and medicare. so let me ask you this, and i know these are t