come on together, we like to have a little bipartisan back and forth here. congressman danes, let me start with you on the ryan budget. and i do this because in montana, republican circles, it was a little bit unclear where some republicans stood. as you new york the man at the top of your ticket after mitt romney was denny reberg, the person you replaced in congress. where did you stand on the ryan budget during your campaign? i support the ryan plan and ended up winning by 11 points in montan 1/2. i have two 94-year-old grandmothers who depend on medicare every day. my folks are on medicare, very, very important that we promised our seniors that we weren t going to take away these important benefits, safety net but importantly, i m father of four kids and we needed to have a serious adult conversation, how to reform these systems in a responsible manner.
insurance companies. well, one of these nonprofit companie 340 million dollar loan from the feds and it turns out that s the person who started that company knows the man at the top. you re accurate entirely. the person we re talking about is sarah horowitz, an old friend and colleague of president obama. she set up, in some years ago, she set up something called the free-lancers insurance and that is a cooperative organization getting 340 million dollars from obamacare to set up a cooperative exchange. there is an ideological link and a personal link to the president and sarah horowitz. 340 million dollars money at stake. it turns out that new york regulators looking at the free-lancers insurance calls it the worst insurance company in two consecutive years. the criteria for deciding what is the worst i m not clear on,
to talk about a lot. and i ve come to accept prison, you know, as my lot in life. we got one coming in on that bed. with a bed freeing up, chaplain summers informs the man at the top of the list that it s his time to move back to honor dorm. the lost lamb. we re coming to get you, man. i feel good. glad to get out of here. you re coming back? i hope not. i m ready. you got my name. i didn t realize i had that much tension on me. it was just like a weight that was lifted. for a guy serving life without parole, the honor dorm is as close to freedom as you ll ever get. where do we want to start? my bible. i have to give a shout out at my bible. step outside at nighttime, which is something i couldn t do for years. there s a lot of little perks i mean most people take for granted, little bitty things we
well, i have my budget plan, as you know, that i have put out, and that s the budget plan that we re going to run on. and again this sunday romney had to distance himself from ryan s positions and assert that he s the man at the top of the ticket. let s listen. the president s cutting $716 billion from current medicare. i disagree with that. i d put those dollars back into medicare. mr. ryan has proposed something similar, almost precisely the same number, 716. he was going to use that money to reduce the budget deficit. i m putting it back into medicare and i m the guy running for president. well, what a miserable time he has. all he does is defend himself against paul ryan s budget and he put the guy on the ticket. chris, i remember when this happened. when he put ryan on the ticket, a lot of democrats said, okay, it s over, we ve got it. and i was skeptical about that when they said it, and i think a lot of us who like to hear intellectual debates about policy said, gr
politically it turns out not to work politically. i want to get to something. in the very first interview romney and ryan gave after ryan joined the ticket, bob sheath pointed out that ryan s budget plan could be trouble for romney. let s listen. there s no question your campaign has been trying to make this election a referendum on barack obama. now, some people are saying you are making it a referendum on paul ryan s budget plan. well, i have my budget plan, as you know, that i ve put out. and that s the budget plan that we re going to run on. and again, this sunday romney had to distance himself from ryan s positions and assert that he s the man at the top of the ticket. let s listen. the president s cutting $716 billion from current medicare. i disagree with that. i would put those dollars back into medicare. mr. ryan has proposed something similar, almost