mr. reich's point that the interest of big business and everybody else aren't necessarily in sync? >> look f the pie gets bigger than it is a lot easier to discuss how you cut it up. and if the pie gets bigger, and by that i mean we create more jobs, then labor is going to be better off. we can argue about how we are goinging to divide it up later on. but right now we have an unemployment rate well over 9%. we have virtually zero job growth. we've created a few jobs, job growth is about less than a percent over the past year. we've got a problem. and if the president wants to cooperate with the business community and create more jobs, i'm all for it. >> robert reich you wrote recently looking at the situation that the president you thought was quote legitimizing a republican narrative on the economy. so fill in your argument here. what do you see happening? >>. >> well, the republican narrative is essentially there are problems have to do with big government, getting too big, and too intrusive and all we have to do is reduce government and we will all do better. and therefore reach

mr. reich ert is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr.ls by, so i've been taking some notes while you've been answering questions. so the affordable health care act you say was designed to reduce costs. >> yes. >> improve access, increase access for people? >> yes. slow the growth rate of health care costs? >> that is its intention. >> and reduce the deficit. >> yes. >> all of those things. i'm just an old retired cop. so i'm not a doctor, i've not been in the medical profession, so i'm just trying to understand this like every other american across this country. so these were the goals. but i really want to go back to whether or not mr. nunes and some others have pointed out. i'm really having a tough time understanding how a provision like the 1099 form gets included in a bill that's supposed to accomplish all these things, reducing costs et cetera. because if i'm not mistaken, do you know how the 1099 provision was inserted in the bill? >> i do not. >> you don't know what member of congress or who came up with the language? was it the