i'll ask you the same question, congressman pitinger. how will you vote when this comes before you on the house floor? >> wolf, i haven't seen the legislation yet, but i will say this is a two or three-month temporary fix. the issue right now on the floor is what do we do about long-term spending, the dent, $17 trillion, $60 trillion in unfunded mandates. it's been disingenuous to me, while the president, he gave a speech in 2006, his speech lambasting president bush for having a $5 trillion debt and he didn't want to raise the d.ebt ceili ceiling. we have to address this, whether you talk to paul ryan or erskin bolls. they're all going to tell you, unless we address the spending trajectory of the country, we're going to fiscally collapse. >> let me follow up on that point. do you have confidence that paul ryan, the chairman of the house budget committee, will be able to -- he's going to be the house leader on this negotiation that's supposed to continue through december 13th. how senate budget conferees will deal with some of the issues