this year. it s a terrific ebt view if we say so ourselves. the states have a better idea of how to take care of their citizens, whether it s educating our children or infrastructure. not send it to washington, let them skim off operational purposes or whatever they do with it and then send it back to the states with a lot of strings attached all to off often, whether it s health care or, for instance, unemployment insurance. they had $550 million in 09 that they were going to send back to the state of texas but said, if you take it, though, you re going to have to change the program and we said no thank you. when a state sends money to a city with education, but we re going to obligate you to do certain things. you can t disagree with the notion whether it s your money or the fact of the matter is, newt gingrich said, if it s good for the gander it s good for the goose as well.
specifically majority leader steny hoyer, of targeting him because of his no vote on the health bill. bear in mind, he said his no vote was because had didn t go far enough, he wanted the public option. massa making the stunning revelation on radio this sunday. mine is now the deciding vote on the health care bill. and this administration and this house leadership have said, quote unquote, they will stop at nothing to pass this health care bill. and now they ve gotten rid of me and it will pass. joining us now to talk about these allegations and where the house dems stand on getting the 216 votes needed to pass this bill, majority leader steny hoyer. a pleasure. thank you for joining us. you bet. how do you react to this? all this the health care or let s start with mr. massa and we ll move on to health care shortly. well, i think clearly mr. massa s incorrect.