-- concerning public employees, including collective bargaining powers, scheduled to -- compensation, and procedures and... rick: that was the scene, yesterday, in the ohio state house, as lawmakers voted to approve the budget bill, it affects safety workers, teachers, nurses, safety workers, meaning firemen, police officers, other types of government personnel, unions will be able to negotiate wages but will not be able to negotiate health care, sick time, pension benefits, and the bill eliminates automatic pay increases and replaces them with merit-based raises, or performance pay. and keith faber is a republican state senator, president pro tempore in ohio and the vice chair of the state's insurance, commerce and labor committee, good morning, sir, thanks for being here. >> good morning, thank you for having me. rick: your state has an $8 billion budget deficit. how much money will this bill put back into the coffers towards reducing the deficit, a specific dollar amount, please.