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 entitlements that we know are raising this debt astronomically. >> are you concerned about this super committee at all? >> well, you know, i think we're concerned about everything, but i'm going to be optimistic that that committee, knowing that if they don't do their job, then
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