that is incredible. we seriously have a balanced budget amendment on the table. it's being talked about. and i think over the next three, four months you are going to see a lot of the american people rally behind a balanced budget amendment. and that's the biggest thing i would urge my colleagues to do on both sides of the aisle. listen to the american people. they are a lot smarter than we give them credit for. they know what's best. they balance their books for the own households and own small businesses every single day. >> congressman, i don't know if you had a chance to hear, just before you, we were talking to a missouri democrat, emmanuel cleaver who is the chairman of the congressional black caucus. he said, frankly, if i was a republican, i'd be dancing in the streets. are you? >> absolutely not. let me tell you why i disagree. if we had an opportunity today to say our $14.3 trillion debt was gone, then i'd be dancing in the streets. we still have a debt crisis. just because we're going to be able to raise the debt ceiling and avert a catastrophe for august 2nd, we still have a very serious problem on our hands. and we still have to deal with