i would say about senator cruz and the vast majority of my colleagues, they ve admitted we need immigration reform. we need responsible immigration reform. we need immigration reform that modernizes our legal system and puts in place mechanisms to ensure there isn t future illegal immigration. we need a legal immigration system that works better. do you think that for all your efforts to try to bridge that and address the millions who are here illegally, there are many in your party who say don t blink, don t bow, don t bend, just ship them all back. what do you say to that? i haven t heard that from many people. the vast majority they do say it amounts to amnesty and they called that, you know, something that they will not abort. well, again, i think there s differences of opinion within the movement on people who work together, on all kinds of stuff. i would say my argument continues to be if we don t pass anything, we have amnesty. we have 11.5 million people living in the
republicans hate that? neil: the president has indicated on the debt ceiling deal, the republicans say it is off the table, is it such, now, that, also, off the table are any adjustments in allowance or write offs in deductions, while not income tax hikes, per se, they are tax hikes. so, on the grounds with the family conservative types saying don t bend, do do. i think on the economic grounds. we chatted this before air. the tax break. you are such a regular passenger, of course, but that was a joke, a joke for the audience. seriously, you defended
been scrapped. states hoping bankruptcy could potentially free them from their financial obligations better listen up. does not look like uncle sam will be giving you a lending hand anytime soon. that is the message at least from the house majority leader eric cantor saying. cantor saying out right, quote, there will be no bailout of the states. and he adamantly oppose as proposal for congress to change the law so that states can file the equivalent of bankruptcy. republican congressman jeff flake of arizona sits on the house appropriations committee and he is my guest now. congressman, thank you so much for being here. there has been more and more talk of this including from republicans like newt gingrich who seem to think this would give the states a good tool in their arsenal dealing with pensions that are out of control, unions that they say are out of control saying if you don t bend, we re just going to go declare bankruptcy. now eric cantor says no, we re not going to change t
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changes down the road, with reforms in taxes and entitlements which, as you know, is the biggest threat to our fiscal health in the years ahead. neil: okay, thank you very much. now to the republican here to say, don t bend, don t give because if that is what it takes to get the debt ceiling raised, the utah senator says don t bother. senator, as it stands right now, the appetite in the senate i am told from your democratic colleagues is for no more cuts tied to debt ceiling jump so this could be a hot issue in two weeks, right? guest: yes, it could. and unfortunately, i expect it will be a hot issue. the time has come to make difficult choices and at a minimum we have to decide we are going to make difficult choices and that is why i have pushed the balanced budget amendment because until that is in, until congress restricts its ability to spend it will not. neil: so, say they keep it at previously the cut levels we