lot of progressives starting to get together in congress. to the point where they have written a letter to the president. and this is the quote. "we will not vote against any and every cut to medicare, medicaid, or social security benefits including raising the retirement age or cutting the cost of living adjustments that our constituents earned and needed. i mean, this is -- >> let me weigh in on that, ed. >> go ahead, congresswoman. >> this is gwen moore. that's very important for people to understand, that what was not included in the sequestration were those programs, those mandatory programs, social security, medicare, medicaid, food stamps, pell grants. and what the republicans would love to see is for this president to serve up on a silver platter these programs and not just make some changes in them but structural changes to undermine the program -- >> you agree with that? you agree with this letter, congresswoman?