>> an omnibus. i guess that the public may wonder what an omnibus is. an omnibus normally means that the appropriation committee and their subcommittees either have not done their work or have not been allowed to do their work. so at the end of the fiscal year, to extend our ability to go forward, they put all these past expenditures in a huge package called an omnibus, and within that big package you can hide all kinds of things and create new programs and the american people doesn't know who to blame. i expect this session the odds are very good we'll have a repeat of last year where we literally did not have individual bills at the subcommittee level, did not move it through the conference process so we produced appropriations bills, we have a dozen such bills. host: through the house you got all your bills. >> we got our bills that foing full we will there was resistance between doing the two bodies, so that leads to a great big package. the omnibus was only 400 plus billion dollars. >> this is not something new. this is something congress has tende

-- do you see an omnibus after the election? >> an omnibus normally means the appropriations committee and their subcommittees either have not done their work or have not been allowed to do their work, so at the end of the fiscal year, we extend our ability to go forward. they put all these expenditures in a huge package called an omnibus, and within that big package you can hide all sides of things. you can create -- all kinds of things. you can create new programs, and the american public does not know who to blame. i expect we will have a repeat of last year, when we did not have fills -- individual bills. we had a dozen such appropriations bills. we had bills, knowing full well there was resistance to doing anything between the two bodies, so that leads to a great big package, and the omnibus was only $400 billion plus. >> this is not something new. this is something congress tend to do more often than not to route of spending? >> the answer is yes. we usually do it on a limited basis. to see the appropriations committee ope

i rise today in strong support of s. 1963, the caregivers and veterans omnibus health services act. this landmark bill reflects a strong commitment to family caregivers who are often underappreciated in their efforts to care for our wounded service members. we must recognize that family caregivers in maine and throughout our country often put their lives on hold to care for our injured veterans and their duties, take a heavy toll on them financially, emotionally and physically. . our brave men rein women have come to rely on their spouses, parents, siblings, and close friends to be there with them. we owe it to these devoted caregivers to offer them the support they need. that's why this bill creates a robust supportive services program for caregivers. this includes counseling services, respite care to help relieve the heavy emotional and physical stress of caregivers. the bill also attempts to alleviate the financial difficulties facing eligible caregivers by providing a monthly financial stipend, as well as access to health care through the champ-va program. the bill also recogniz

they didn't support omnibus. they didn't support cap and tax. they didn't support health care.n particular i see strong conservatism. is some of the problems with the republican party they've had in the senate? >> well, no. let's be honest sean you have Òj over the years. we didn't just lose our majority in 2006 we lost our way. the republican party in washington, d.c. walked away from the principles and the american people walked away us from. i really believe, particularly in the last year and a half, republicans have been coming together with a commitment to fiscal discipline and limited government and free market values. the american people get that they know we are not just the party of no it begins by willing to provide the -- >> sean: one of the things i never thought which would see was the house speaker say you to pass a bill before you in it. alcee hastings saying there are no rules we make them up as we go. congressman phil hare, i don't worry about the constitution of the united states which he's sworn to uphold, how does that happen? the american people oppose a go

they didn't support omnibus. they didn't support cap and tax. they didn't support health care.in particular i see strong conservatism. is some of the problems with the republican party they've had in the senate? >> well, no. let's be honest sean you have Òj over the years. we didn't just lose our majority in 2006 we lost our way. the republican party in washington, d.c. walked away from the principles and the american people walked away us from. i really believe, particularly in the last year and a half, republicans have been coming together with a commitment to fiscal discipline and limited government and free market values. the american people get that they know we are not just the party of no it begins by willing to provide the -- >> sean: one of the things i never thought which would see was the house speaker say you to pass a bill before you in it. alcee hastings saying there are no rules we make them up as we go. congressman phil hare, i don't worry about the constitution of the united states which he's sworn to uphold, how does that happen? the american people oppose a g

in february we had the omnibus spending bill which was $625 billion when you add in interest. in june, $105.9 billion in the supplemental. in december, we -- in december we had, let's see, last year in december we had the son col dated appropriations -- consolidated appropriations mini omnibus bill, no, that wasn't december, that's the wrong date, but we had an omnibus spending bill of $3.55 trillion. again, money we don't have. and then in march of this year we had the health care bill which is estimated to cost, if you talk about 10 years of taxes and 10 years of coverage, about $3 trillion. you load all this on the back of small business and there's no way they can continue to keep everybody employed. you're going to tax them. mr. waxman, the chairman of the commerce committee, is bringing into the -- bringing before his committee the chairman or c.e.o.'s of at&t, the deare company, caterpillar, because he says they really shouldn't be telling people these things because these aren't accurate figures. well, they are accurate figures. the $1 billion it's going to cost at&t,

>> i would like to have you explain to a general as national audience about the discussion of an omnibus bill, and with the elections coming, the fiscal calendar ends before the elections, so what are the concerns for people about federal spending and budgets and getting money to communities? >> it is not that much more concerned than any year. congress has a poor record for getting the bills done on time. they have actually done it only three or four times since 1974, when they have a law that they pushed the bill backed by three months. they will have the stop-gap lending resolutions. it will make it difficult for people in federal agencies. they get the number they think they are going to have, and then they get the real numbers. >> but the stock market could end up freezing, so ultimately, it does some of the work without the politics. >> it does not matter. however, go back to the politics. we just blew through this april 15 deadline for the budget. i am not sure the pols suddenly moved up or down. the same thing with the appropriations bill. i suspect most voters could not tell you

all their pork barrel projects that they've had on hold for many, many years, then they have that omnibusbill, whatever -- i'm not sure what that was about. but the gentleman sitting there is right, that if you don't budget, these things aren't budgetted for, this administration is so out of control with spending, that's the only thing they know how to do. and that stimulus bill was supposed to help our unemployment rate never ever to go past 8%. it's a slush fund to pay back the unions. this is so out of control. and i agree with the gentleman right before me. i was at my first tea party, and most of the people there, they were concerned about the economy, about the deficit. we are in trillions of dollars. and like i told the gentleman, i was interstrude by a local news channel, i was actually on television for about 20 seconds, and i said i'm here for my children and grandchildren. they're the ones who are going to pay. they're having this -- they have a credit card and they're well passed their limit and they're spending like drunkle sailors. host: what are you hearing? guest: the call

they remember us representatives of the big unit defining against an omnibus was john reese, the former head of citibank who says he regrets putting together the sizes get a bang. he also says in his view you could impose this kind of restriction on proprietary trading for any large bank, for example. i think the deeper more troubling question is how much difference that would make it what they find other ways to get around that? would they find other ways to take excessive and i'm sure they would. so while i'm supportive of the poker rule, both in general and this is on the specifics, i do not think it would solve much of our problems and i really don't and would address a problem of too big to fail. so that's fine, let's do it, but you should not regard that as a substitute -- really vote, it's a set of solutions and you got to go after the multiple directions. some of them are not going to work and it's good to have redundancy built into that service system. but the amount in effect to give for that particular measure would be tiny. and even as part of a set of measures if not i thin

i would say an omnibus wilderness bill, wilderness legislation consolidated. the san juan mountains wilderness act in colorado. the snow mountain national conservation in california. the bills to provide the rye yo grand as well as mountains in mexico and others in arizona, idaho, nevada and across the west. secretary salazar has wasted no time in protecting treasured landscapes working in partnerships with the states. i urge the interior department to move forward quickly on its expanded national monument plan, and i commend secretary salazar from engaging the governors early on this initiative. after all, it is the governors that have most of the power. [laughter] that's supposed to be funny. you know, in new mexico i'm looking forward to working with this department on creating a national monument on otero mesa. other sites in the west that the interior department has identified as potential monuments deserve national and congressional support as well. otero mesa is the largest intact expanse of desert grassland in the unite and was nearly sacrificed to ene

. >> i would have you both explain to a generalist national audience the discussion about an omnibus bill. and with the elections coming, the federal fiscal calendar ends before the elections. so how, what are the concerns for people out there about federal spending and budgets and things being passed to get money to communities? >> it's not really that much more concerning this year than any year. congress has a pretty poor record for getting bills done on time. they've done it only maybe three or four times since 1974 where they had a law where they pubbed back by three months to get the spending bills done. they'll have a general feeling they'll have these resolutions. it makes it difficult in people for federal agencies to do their budget twice a year, they do their budget and then they get the real numbers. >> the stop gap number freezes it. >> it makes great stuff for us to write about. and it does matter. however, go back to the politics of this. we just blew through this april 15 deadline for the budget resolution. i'm not sure polls suddenly moved up or down. i don't think a

all their pork barrel projects that they've had on hold for many, many years, then they have that omnibus bill, whatever -- i'm not sure what that was about. but the gentleman sitting there is right, that if you don't budget, these things aren't budgetted for, this administration is so out of control with spending, that's the only thing they know how to do. and that stimulus bill was supposed to help our unemployment rate never ever to go past 8%. it's a slush fund to pay back the unions. this is so out of control. and i agree with the gentleman right before me. i was at my first tea party, and most of the people there, they were concerned about the economy, about the deficit. we are in trillions of dollars. and like i told the gentleman, i was interstrude by a local news channel, i was actually on television for about 20 seconds, and i said i'm here for my children and grandchildren. they're the ones who are going to pay. they're having this -- they have a credit card and they're well passed their limit and they're spending like drunkle sailors. host: what are you hearing? guest: the cal

bipartisan majority in the house took important new steps by passing the care givers and veterans omnibus health services act. this would ease the enormous burden falling on those whose loved ones return from war with a severe injury. it provides tools and training so they can be better care givers. when they accompany a veteran on medical visits, their lodging would be paid for. they would be eligible for a monthly stipend as well as health care benefits of their own. when the stress becomes too great, which of course it does, counseling and respite care would be available. the bill also makes huge strides in recognizing the unique challenges faced by women who wear the uniform. it includes treatment for sexual trauma, which affects a staggering number of servicewomen. there's a child care pilot program so when women veterans -- so that women veterans can get the care they need without sacrificing the care of their children. also, for the first time ever, there's neonatal care for the infants of returning soldiers giving birth. er wish i zrnt to vote for that bill last week because i wis

and i think they come back with an omnibus spending bill that will take these c.r.'s and stack it up in 3,600 pages and someplace between $500 billion or $1 trillion will get spent and won't be any amendments allowed and a limited amount of debate and once again the american people will not have the opportunity to scrutinize what's going on here in this house of representatives. and i suggest this. i have a bill that's called the cut act, to cut the unnecessary tab is what cut stands for, cut the unnecessary tab. there is a spiral that is naturally built into this system. the president proposes his spending. the house by constitution has to start the spending here. if the house doesn't want to say no to the president of the united states, they just simply take the president's proposed budget and add the things into it that they want and send it over to the senate, who doesn't want to say no to the president and doesn't want to say no to the speaker of the house or the will of the house. and so they simply accept the spending that's come from the president, increased

stimulus, omnibus. fannie, freddie. of course, healthcare reform. trillions. i mean, every month they were spending trillions of dollars. $1.3 trillion deficit, $1.4 trillion deficit. now the president has produced his new budget for this coming year, $3.8 trillion in spending. with a $1.6 trillion deficit. do you know when newt gingrich was speaker of the budget the entire budget was $1.4 trillion and these people are prosing that as a deficit? a deficit for our children. and our grandchildren. and our grandchildren's grandchildren. to have to pay back. americans may not be able to say to you that this wild spending spree is going to drive down the value of the dollar. that it's going to drive up interest rates. that it's going to make our debt harder to sell to the chinese or anybody else they may not say this is going to cause the kind of inflation we had under jimmy carter. but i'll tell you what, the american people know it's wrong. they know you can't spend yourself rich. and they want to put a stop to this. [applause] >> they want to put a stop to this.

all their pork barrel projects that they've had on hold for many, many years, then they have that omnibus bill, whatever -- i'm not sure what that was about. but the gentleman sitting there is right, that if you don't budget, these things aren't budgetted for, this administration is so out of control with spending, that's the only thing they know how to do. and that stimulus bill was supposed to help our unemployment rate never ever to go past 8%. it's a slush fund to pay back the unions. this is so out of control. and i agree with the gentleman right before me. i was at my first tea party, and most of the people there, they were concerned about the economy, about the deficit. we are in trillions of dollars. and like i told the gentleman, i was interstrude by a local news channel, i was actually on television for about 20 seconds, and i said i'm here for my children and grandchildren. they're the ones who are going to pay. they're having this -- they have a credit card and they're well passed their limit and they're spending like drunkle sailors. host: what are you hearing? guest: the cal

this committee, congress, and the fiscal 2010 omnibus appropriation bill prohibited using 2010 funds to terminate or any way change or modify the constellation program. just yesterday atk received a notice that funds for their contract under the launch aboard system will be limited and no additional funds will be forthcoming after april 30th, 2010. that's a week away. it seems to me this is a clear violation of the law that says no money will be use -- no funds will be used in any way to change or modify the program. and for fiscal 2010. fiscal 2010 has not run out yet. to summarize what i said in the beginning, i think your conclusion on science runed a foul of the experience of what we have found with the testing of aries whereby i think the threat to the industrial base cast doubt upon your ability to do something in 2015 if the president decides or whatever president it is decides they want to go back to solid rocket motors, they won't be able to. i think your numbers on the money don't add up. and i think what is being done right now is counterindividual of the law. so i'd very

i rise in strong support of the caregivers and veterans omnibus health services act. day in and day out our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines and coast guardmen put their live on the line to protect our own. our men and women in uniform are the bravest among us, making unparalleled sacrifices to protect our precious liberties and freedoms and we must do everything in our power to support them. this legislation is important -- an important exonalt of our ongoing effort to give back to our veterans and their families. it will provide long overdue support to those who care for the disabled, ill and injured veterans. it will enhance health services for women veterans, including care for new borns for the first time in history. it will expand mental health services for veterans and health care access for veterans in rural areas. it will end co-pays for vet -- veterans who are cat strofpkly disabled. today we have an opportunity to provide for our veterans and families the valuable benefits they need, have earned and deserve. on behalf of our brave men and women in unif