a year ago, i offered an amendment to cut the military and so did mulvaney. and what we noticed was we both lost, but a lot of democrats voted for my amendment against his. he's a tea party republican. a lot of republicans voted for his and against mine, so i talked to him, we offered it jointly. the democrats voted overwhelmingly, better than 80% for the $1.3 billion cut. the interesting thing with john mccain and romney saying you have cut too much, you've got to spend more, 89 of the 240 republicans voted for us. that's a very big chunk. more than a third. and the answer, yeah, the american republic understands that. first, they recognize that we are not threatened in our existence as a country. let me say three things. secondly, they recognize that a lot of these international adventures even if they're well intentioned don't work well. you know, the best trained and best armed young americans can't get people in iraq to like each other when they have been hating each other for a long time. they can't end corruption in afghanistan. our military is wonderf

. >> fabian gomez. [ applause ] [ applause ] >> cordero love. [ applause ] brandon mulvaney.ll together you may now shift your tassels to the left please join me in congratulating the graduating class. >> i'm real glad you came. >> wouldn't miss it. wouldn't miss it. >> missed you. >> first time i accomplished something. over 12 years. last time i walked on a stage was in eighth grade. >> how are you today? >> [ speaking foreign language ]. >> i've told him before, it's like, you know i think about him all the time and part of me is here with him. you know, i don't know if he is suffering but i am. >> i think about him all the time. >> this is the best part, though. this right here. >> yep. >> this is the best part. >>> coming up, patrick gaskill relocates. and chas harper and dave carr get bittersweet news. >> when he leaves the cell will the be the last time i see him again. hmm, it says here that chs helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios >>> it's a nice back piece, ain't it

join mick mulvaney's fight against the big spenders in washington. >> they found the commission on hope, a non-profit social welfare group, paid for this ad and a series of others at an estimated cost of $2.3 million. the group reported no spending to the fec. how did they get to spend all this money to beat john sprout in south carolina, and now two years later the irs has not caught up with them. >> that's a really good question that should be asked to the irs. i'm hardly the first to talk about this group. we looked at more than 100 groups that spent money on politics. some are very valid. this is one of the examples that you just looked at and thought why is nothing happening. what's the point of having rules? groups that spent money on politics. some are very valid. this is one of the examples that you just looked at and thought why is nothing happening. what's the point of having rules? >> why are they nonprofit? >> because they said they are. they applied to the irs, they said we want to be a social welfare nonprofit. we're going to help the american public, publish i think they