keep the senate open until he can break open a filibuster and get a vote here? >> well, i think he is going to do that. i think he is going to bring that up on to the floor as soon as we return. and i think it's exactly the right thing to do. look, the middle class of this country is disappearing. we have more people living in poverty than any time in the history of the united states of america. millions of people are working for longer hours for lower wages. we have got to raise the minimum wage, which today is a starvation wage of $7.25 to at least $10.10 an hour. >> and as you and other have pointed out, it's also dropping in real dollars. it's catching it back up to where it once was in terms of the actual real economy. now, you also serve on the budget committee. and i want to read from your statement on the deal that we just reached. it attacked republicans for hypocrisy on some of these savings, noting, quote, my republican colleagues continue to protect corporate loopholes which are costing us $100 billion every single year.