. >> there oughto be some risk in posting such an ad. >> absolutely, but the risk is not there now, sir. >> that is because there is no one stinging people. the police officers are not responding to that adds, setting up meetings. >> tre are some. philadelphia police just did a stain targeting craigslist users. a florida share of just did a staying. clearly, one of the messages from a lot of these ads is they have ceased to be subtle. they are blatant and overt. on that bis, i think are reasonable case can be made that there is knowing an intentional selling of services via the internet. i think there could possibly be criminal jurisdiction, even under the communications decency act. >> if the ad is there, what can we create some risk in even posting the ad by having the police respond to the ads and vigor and now you posted it, and catching them and prosecuting them? >> i think is happening, just not widely enough. >> is a matter of resources? >> mr. chairman, i believe we have a decent record of success. i would call it an excellent record of success since 2003 with our innocence lost

on tte senate, and you know why, 31 democrats in the house, 5 democrats inhe se sa they agreedt me oughto the middle of a recession. what might happen down o is not the subject today. the question is, do we want to raise taxes in the middleoa very, very tough economy? all the republicans think that's a bad idea, and a substantial number of the democrats think the same thing. >> right, but there's also this huge ithaople about, and that is the deficit. >> and adding -- keeping the ta cuts will add trillions to that, and let me ask you this, according to howard gleckman at the tax policy center, let's see what he's just written, "mcconnell would have to abolish all the rest of the government to get a balance by 2020, everything, no more national parks, no more nih, no more highway construction, no more homeland security, oh, and no more congress." >> let me tell you -- >> so where would you get the cuts. >> let me tell you how to reduce the deficit. two things, number one, get spending down and, number two, you need to get the economy going. >> right. >> everything that's happened in the la