listen, again, i say i don't earmark. and republicans are not about making the case for earmarks. >> laura: are you going to sign on to ryan's road map for the future going forward? because i think that's a great slate of ideas and i don't think you have signed it yet. you have? >> listen, i am working very closely with paul ryan to make sure that we put in place a way for us to balance the budget, a way for us to get to the point where these entitlement programs that we have got don't bankrupt this country. at the same time, that we can honor the commitments to america's seniors. i think paul will tell you that. and so we have got to have a serious conversation, laura. it's time for conservatives to come together so that we can win in november. >> laura: we're going to hold your feet to the fire like we hold the other feet to the fire. we can't go back to the old republican ways we have to have the new conservative republican ways. not what happened in 2004 through 2008, absolutely. i appreciate it, congressman. thank you very much. >> i'm the first one, laura, that will say that we have