at this time i would like mulvaneny. good way to start hairman, today is get into the details what was we're going to be discussing, to try to a compar between what we'll be offering on the republican side, what our colleagues on the other side have offered in the past, offering over the course of the next couple of days. two contrasts. contrast what we had done as republicans versus what the senate democ but of course they haven't done a budget in three years so there's not possible actually to do that the senate democrats are following on the lead set by this committee when it was last under democrat control when it also failed to offer a budget during the last year the democrats were in charge of this committee. that leaves us only with the president's budget with whichrtn what we're ri off recognize what jumps out at you first when you look at the president's budget is the $1.9 trillion in brand new taxes. more taxes on income. more taxes on gasoline. more taxes on giving gifts to other people. an offensively to many