after reading the transcript of yesterday's interview, it's clear i was inarticulate about the point i was trying to make. i was not implicating the culture of one community but as society as a whole. i know that the congressional black caucus invited congressman ryan to meet with the caucus. have you heard a response? >> i imagine representative ryan will come. but i think when he was talking about -- he meant the culture of the american culture, he said inner city. he didn't say rural america. he didn't say ap lach cha. i have to say that what's more important to me than his comment are paul ryan's policies, which he has written down. i think he has shown over the past several years by budget studies put forward that he fundamentally doesn't believe the government should be in the business of a safety net and that is the underlying philosophy that articulates well all the time. >> congresswoman, i hate to