state senator. [ applause ] >> sean: let me ask you, the senator is here and you're voice is a little bit >> i have laryngitis. >> sean: don't worry i'll fill in the gaps. it won't be that hard. you are in washington. you've been there a lot of years. you worked out a lot of dees. you tried reach across the aisle. you tried to work with ted kennedy. have you ever seen it this bad? >> i've never seen it this bad nor have i seen a group so arrogant that we have in washington now. absolutely arrogant. they are europeanizing america against our will taking over banks, car companies, a number of other entities in our society and federalizing everything. it is really starting to worry me plus, they are spending us into bankruptcy. actually, you know when obama took over, we were 6.2 -- 6.3