this week, we sat down with maryla congressman roscoe barrett, known as a republican congressman willing to sit down with johohn boehner and nancy pelosi. he serves the sixth district for 19 years. that district has been redrawn. this year, he faces tough competition from a newcomomer who won a big upset. the democratic voters responded to his message of bringing new blood to washington with a proven business leader. delaney is the foundeder o of a successful finance company. we look forward to having him on the show. first we sat down with 10-term maryland congressman roscoe barrett and started on the topic of federal spending. it is thee largest employer in frederick, double the department of education. are you in agreement with secretary panetta that the automatic cuts for defense spending would be disastrous? would they be disastrous for this area of maryland? >> you need to look at what you are doing and how it affects national security. until we know how we're going to use our military, we do not know what kind of a military we need. i think we need to have an adult dialogue on thi