martha: republicans and democrats. they didn t get to $32 trillion on their own. both sides that s true. martha: i m going to show everybody a chart. let s put this chart up. this is here s where we are, folks. in 2000, we had a national debt of 5.9 trillion. that was 2000. probably not alone thinking that feels like yesterday. 2000. so today, we are at nearly $32 trillion in spending. you know, it s interesting, congressman good. janet yellen said if we don t raise the debt ceiling, we have to make painful choices. if you do raise it if you don t raise it, you ll have to make painful choices. painful choices are not popular in washington. republicans have been complicit in getting us to $32 trillion. democrats are better at bending but republicans have not done their job. we have expressed concern and trying to cut the debt. the democrats have no interest
watch this. look at what s happened here, very volatile institution that was making some very risky decisions. we do not feel that community banks that don t engage in that type of activity should be the ones to pay for that. about 90% of all fdic s insured banks in this country are community banks. that s according to the independent community bankers of america which also says these banks hold nearly $5.9 trillion in assets and more than $4.9 trillion in deposits. instead of surveying a high net worth silicon valley, these community banks primarily serve main street america. they are responsible for 63% of agricultural loans, 39% of small loans to both farms and businesses. it s unfortunate that we likely have to pick up the cost of some of these safety features. the costs would come by
future than what it is today. and to assurloyodohat by managi. you do that by actually talking about it. and not, you know, doing dog calls every time somebody says let s try to address managing it. look, we ve got right now out of a $5.9 trillion federal budget, the legislative part of this whole thing, the congress, actually only votes on about 1.6 to $1.7 trillion of that amount that s being spent. wouldn t it be better if we actually tried to manage the rest of it, as well, and to actually be able to provide that management tool that right now does not exist. so, i hear what you re saying. and you re calling out president biden for what you call dog calls, trying to scare people. but, i guess the question is, didn t senator rick scott give an opening, when you talk about sunsetting every program, you know how tough it is to pass anything through the house and senate, much less a major government spending program every five years.
but you do that by managing it. you do that by actually talking about it. and not, you know, doing dog calls every time somebody says let s try to address managing it. look, we ve got right now out of a $5.9 trillion federal budget, the legislative part of this whole thing, the congress, actually only votes on about 1.6 to $1.7 trillion of that amount that s being spent. wouldn t it be better if we actually tried to manage the rest of it, as well, and to actually be able to provide that management tool that right now does not exist. so, i hear what you re saying. and you re calling out president biden for what you call dog calls, trying to scare people. but, i guess the question is, didn t senator rick scott give an opening, when you talk about sunsetting every program, you know how tough it is to pass anything through the house and senate, much less a major government spending program every five years. take a listen to what your leader, republican leader mitch
a question for you. heidi. i think this is a good time, actually, congressman to pause and talk about what s happened in those 20 years since we went to war in iraq based on faulty intelligence. these are numbers from brown university. the u.s. has spend $5.9 trillion in wars in the middle east. humans who died both u.s. service men and women as well as iraqis and people throughout the middle east. about 500,000. and, of course, you have to point out that iraq and afghanistan today remain among the dedzliest in the world for terrorism. my question for you is how confident are you, even though you re depending the president for pulling back this time, that with people like bolton, they re behind him who advocated for bombing iran even before he came into the office and who himself has never served, who avoided the draft. how confident are you that next time it will never be a good decision? it s never a good idea to