Recommendations of our leadership on this, but i could not commit to all of these things not having some assurance to have the capability to fund these things. You are giving us with the same assurance he they list as go for. The money would how could you give us a list of ifre 115 would be spent there is all of this uncertainty , which there is, and you are wise to be realistic. You have the reality of uncertainty and you cannot commit to these things, these larger numbers. If you are not going to give us a list, why can you not give us the stronger numbers . Thats what im trying to understand. A its a good question and fair one, mr. Chairman. The problem with the particular areas of the carrier air strike that it takes a long time to plant. Sequestration remains the law of the land we felt it prudent to put some of those items where we felt where we should put it in the lower levels where there is thenderstanding that appropriations will change and we can within the resource but we f
But, first this hour, recriminations for both parties in the wake of the midterm elections this week. Incoming majority leader and Senate Leader Mitch Mcconnell has said all the right thing about working with democrats without getting things done across the aisle with a new session. Right on cue signs that his own party might not let him. The American People have changed the senate. So, i think we have an obligation to change the behavior of the senate and to begin to function, again. That was Mitch Mcconnell on wen, but New York Times reports that Tea Party Conservatives were baffled by those remarks. They fear mcconnell is playing it too safe and too nice with the white house. They want to use the threat of a Government Shutdown as the ultimate leverage and want to dismantle the Affordable Care act. The stress is also showing for the democrats with the announcements yesterday that the party is planning an extensive review of what went wrong in the last two midterm elections. They are