help support. good luck in albany. it is not for the city of new york. it is for mass transit, the entire region as well as, you know, in looking at a registration fee increase for the 12 covered counties based on weight. all that together generates between $1 bn 5 billion to $2 billion in mass trance. it the big picture here is what is happening in washington is a disinvestment in our cities and disinvestment in infrastructure and mass transit. a spokesperson for urban america, changing the actual debate nationally with other governors and mayors and the absence of that. absence of that, bloomberg hasn t been able to be that voice because he is doesn t fit. calling for money for mass transit, working people. the next mayor has to push that nationally general did a. really a pleasure to have you here today. i enjoyed it. congratulations on your move up. thank you very much. good politician. i want to thank bill de blasio,
companies they are cutting border security. i think we need to look at the priorities. chris: let me bring in senator coburn. do you support the overall level of $61 billion in cuts from current spending and what about senator mcsaying well, look, we about senator mccaskill saying we need to argue about what we want to cut. i don t think that is severe. the federal government in terms of discretionary spending is 93% bigger than it was in 2001. we are essentially cutting in terms of inflation adjusted dollars 5% of that growth over the last nine and a half years. what seems big in washington when you lay it out for the american people is small. there is so much waste in the federal government that it will be easy. there is no question there will be controversy about what the house has done. we can easily cut 61 billioned. we should be cutting 100l $1 bn
checks we write to oil companies they are cutting border security. i think we need to look at the priorities. chris: let me bring in senator coburn. do you support the overall level of $61 billion in cuts from current spending and what about senator mcsaying well, look, we about senator mccaskill saying we need to argue about what we want to cut. i don t think that is severe. the federal government in terms of discretionary spending is 93% bigger than it was in 2001. we are essentially cutting in terms of inflation adjusted dollars 5% of that growth over the last nine and a half years. what seems big in washington when you lay it out for the american people is small. there is so much waste in the federal government that it will be easy. there is no question there will be controversy about what the house has done. we can easily cut 61 billioned. we should be cutting 100l $1 bn