sam [speaker not understood] lee. >>> good afternoon. my name is nori lee. i own speedy's hardware and independent local hardware store and member of the [speaker not understood] co-op. i'm also certified by the city as a micro local business enterprise. our store is located at 1061 folsom street in south of market two blocks away from the proposed orchard supply location and i find it funny they said there's no hardware stores around so i guess maybe i should do some more advertising. i'm strongly opposed to orchard's moving into our neighborhood because it will be detrimental to us and many other small businesses in the area. not only hardware stores will be affected, but other specialty shops as well such as the -- because they're proposing their street, the flower mart is close to us, too. i think they will be greatly affected as well as appliance shops and paint stores, et cetera. we've been -- we've been in the neighborhood for four years and the neighbors are just starting to get to know us. we're not opposed to competition, but there's so much -- the

lee. maxine. >> maxine. >> nancy pelosi. naturally. >> bill: up to her. sam farr. good friend. i'm sure there are others.hat i think of -- without pausing to think. you expect the democrats to be, of course, on the more liberal side. among the most conservative, it has to be paul ryan right. followed by -- >> tricky for him because he missed a lot of votes last year on the campaign trail. but paul ryan is certainly a guy who ranks pretty highly on that. >> you know, it's interesting some of the most conservative members don't necessarily register as far. you see someone like justin amash, especially along libertarian-leaning republicans in some ways because if you look at maybe the foreign policy, they sort of get pointed deducted from there because there is sort of a ron paul model there. and also you have to keep in mind a lot of the guys break away from leadership a great deal. so that -- it creates a situation where someone like justin amash who is a conservative member does rank more toward the middle. >> he's also butted heads a lot with other republicans so it is interesting that he's on that list

who supported proposition 8 originally, congresswoman lee some of florida, richard hanna of new york, stephen hadley -- back to your phone calls, samn west point, new york, he works for the department of defense. what is your take on sequester? caller: well, there is waste in the federal government, but there is also waste in the private sector. you cannot quantify it. we have already had cut. we have had about 5-10% cuts. mostly for people who have not -- have been hired. we had contract employees, and they are now on their way out. we have not had cut since the clinton administration here. host: larry, where are you calling from? what agency do you work for? caller: i'm calling from puerto rico. the federal bureau of the provisions -- it boils down to two words for all federal employees. essential and non-essential staff. essential staff would be correctional officers. we would have to keep that. they could send secretaries home, case workers home. so you work at an ammunition depot. they would keep the security people, but they could send the secretaries home. it boils down to two words, the central and non-essential staff. i am