congressman rob woodall, a freshman in his seventh month in office. he was going to vote no on this bill. congressman, thank you for being us with. why did you change your mind? >> as you know, when these things come down on high, you haven't had a chance to take a look at it. john boehner has been so open in the process, this came down from on high, i was naturally suspicious from the beginning. in the details it did exactly what i needed it to do. moved the needle from spending to cutting, and for the first time in 15 years, it would give us a vote on the balanced budget amendment in the senate. those three things are very important to my incredibly conservative district back home. >> what happens next? if the senate comes back with their own version and somehow a compromise winds up in front of you in the very near future, that doesn't contain a vote on a balanced budget amendment or one that passes, what happens to your vote? >> you're right. that's a tough question. i've been in congressman seven months. i've never seen a reid proposal before thi

congressman rob woodall, a freshman in his seventh month in office. he was going to vote no on this bill. congressman, thank you for being us with. why did you change your mind? >> as you know, when these things come down on high, you vent h haven't had a chance to take a look at it. john boehner has been so open in the process, this came down from on high, i was naturally suspicious from the beginning. in the details it did exactly what i needed it to do. moved the ne ed the needle from to cutting, and for the first time in 15 years, it would give us a vote on the balanced budget amendment in the senate. those three things are very important to my incredibly conservative district back home. >> what happens next? if the senate comes back with their own version and somehow a compromise winds up in front of you in the very near future, that doesn't contain a vote on a balanced budget amendment or one that passes, what happens to your vote? >> you're right. that's a tough question. i've been in congressman seven months. i've never seen a reid proposal be

involved in that would be congressman phil gingrey of georgia and the incoming freshman from georgia, rob woodall and from california, congressman garry miller one who has been a strong to opponent of the rule of law and the rights of american citizens. these people and others have been strong, strong supporters of the birth right citizenship act and because of my role on immigration committee where i have been for now going into the ninth year, it seemed to be a better fit for me to carry this piece of legislation and so i step forward with it because we need to take a position. what's going on, mr. speaker, is that in the united states of america, the people that erroneously read the 14th amendment of the constitution, in the component that addresses what we call birth right citizenship and it says in the 14th amendment that all persons born and/or naturalized in the united states and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are american citizens. all persons born or naturalized and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are american citizens. now, the circumstances are that this created a misinterpret