binds all three branches and again, thinking back to my confirmation process, i met with senator robert byrd at the process when i was trying to get confirmed. he said i would never forget it and at the start of the meeting he said he would never forget this meeting and it turns out he was right. he asked about my family and at that point in 2006 i said to 20o one year old daughter and he said i have two daughters, they are succeeding to 64. [laughter] >> then he pulled out his constitution, it was right there and i was prepared i had the

to an earlier stage in the war it was the lure is really a lone voice in the senate robert byrd who was screaming why is this chamber empty everyone who's watching this right now should go back to that robert byrd speech he's standing in it empty chamber this is the senior senator from west virginia wondering why no one else is clamoring for more investigation of iraq e m d's and demanding proof and then byrd predicted that america was inviting. a generation after generation of blowback and hellfire from this war well and it's what it's what makes this idea of the resistance democrats so laughable they they voted to continue unlimited military force for trump just recently just last week or something and they voted ninety eight to one to confirm general mad dog mattis so there's no resistance against the war powers i think barbara lee who was the lone opponent of the original a math was the only. one of the only people to vote against it again so you know what is the resistance there is this dance is first of all that to be an abuse of the term resistance. and there was a real resistanc

robert byrd. everywhere you go there's a robert byrd bridge, tunnel, building. there is no underestimation of that power. doctor michael burgess, at the beginning of this administration and continuing on, a lot of particularly republicans have avoided town hall. you did it off the bat. you go on msnbc and you do not back down from a conservative principles. by using three fearless when is facing dumb people challenging and there are not very many members of congress that are comfortable doing that. give me your mindset of that. >> it is part of our obligation to our constituents and town halls are just one of the ways that we have of communicating with constituents. it is one i've always found interesting and, not always helpful, certainly educational. the year that i voted for the debt limit in 2011 it was really hard doing town halls that august. people were very angry, people on the right were very angry, you give president obama everything he wanted and you didn't get anything for it. it turns out we got the sequester and now we actually were able to bend th

the senator is now to tc's two was the most powerful appropriate ever, robert byrd. everywhere you go there is a robert word building, bridge, tunnel. there is no underestimation up that power. thegoing to ask you, at beginning of this administration, continuing on, a lot of particularly republicans have avoided townhouse. you jumped in town halls right off the bat. you went on ms nbc and did not peoplef facing back challenging you. not many members of congress are comfortable doing that. what is your mindset of that? you. >> that's part of our obligation to our constituents it's just one of the ways of communicating with constituents. i've always found it interesting, not always helpful but certainly educational. the years that i voted for the debt limited 2011 was hard doing town halls, people were very angry people on the right were angry, you gave president obama everything he wanted and he didn't get a thing for it. now, we actually were able to bend the spending curb on spending a little bit. i look back and say maybe it wasn't all that bad. but it doesn't matte

binds all three branches and again, thinking back to my confirmation process, i met with senator robert byrd at the process when i was trying to get confirmed. he said i would never forget it and at the start of the meeting he said he would never forget this meeting and it turns out he was right. he asked about my family and at that point in 2006 i said to 20o one year old daughter and he said i have two daughters, they are succeeding to 64. [laughter] >> then he pulled out his constitution, it was right there and i was prepared i had the same one is tattered now but i still have it. he read an article one language about the power of the purse and why did he do that? because the text of the constitution matters and he cared about the public of the pe purse. [laughter] >> supernova 1985 speech helped advance the philosophy of the statutory interpretation. it is not confiscated, but it is profound and worth repeating often. the judge's job is to interpret the law, not to make policy, so read the words of the statute as written and th in the text of te constitution as written don't make up the

the senator who is now deceased from there was the most powerful appropriate ever, robert byrd, everywhere you go there is a rubber bird building, bridge, tunnel. so there's no overestimation of that power. at the beginning of this administration continuing on, a lot of republicans have avoided town halls. you don't back down from your conservative principles but you seem to be fearless when people are chasing you. >> that's part of our obligation to our constituents it's just one of the ways of communicating with constituents. i've always found it interesting, not always helpful but certainly educational. the years that i voted for the debt limited 2011 was hard doing town halls, people were very angry people on the right were angry, you gave president obama everything he wanted and he didn't get a thing for it. now, we actually were able to bend the spending curb on spending a little bit. i look back and say maybe it wasn't all that bad. but it doesn't matter what the issues. if you're doing a general town hall and people get it they say the congress minister in the town hall tonight, no

binds all three branches, and begin thinking back to my confirmation process, i met with senator robert byrd at one time during the process when windows trying to get confirmed. this was an interesting beating, and he said i would never forget it. he said that at the very start of the meeting. he said you will never forget this meeting, and it turned out he was right. first he asked about my family, and at that point back in 2006 i said i have a one-year-old daughter. and he said wow, he said i have daughters. they are 68 and 64. [laughing] but then he pulled out his constitution. you know, it was right there and i was prepared. i had this same constitution right there, too. it is tattered now but i still have. he pulled his out and he read to meet article one language about the power of the purse. why did he do that? he did that because the text of the constitution matters. he did that because if you remember senator burr, he really cared about the power of the purse. so general meese 1985 speech helped advance a straightforward philosophy of constitutional and statutory interpretation. it

senator robert c byrd was one of -- a late senator was a drafter of this act, he testified before this committee in 2009. the reconciliation process was designed to facilitate .egislation to reduce deficits chairman conrad took that you rule and he adopted the reconciliation measures must reduce the deficit. this was revealed as soon as they were empowered. now, here we are, passing a budget that is not a budget, with the sole purpose reconcilis must reduce the deficit. to line up for debt tounway finance tax cuts for the wealthy . mr. chairman, we can do better. instead of using the budget committee to circumvent the regular orchard of the senate -- the regular order of our senate, we should use it as a four room for real bipartisan debate on our nations fiscal health, including how to address our $20 trillion national debt. toch it are jet to be -- jet gdp ratio be 00 debt to gdp -- debt to gdp ratio be? a vote for the budget before us would move us in the wrong direction. this budget and process is a sham. it has the sole purpose of allowing a budget majority to suspend regular orde