will not see the kind of opportunity that most americans have had in their lives. we have not gotten to where we are overnight. we are going have to go and orient this congress back towards a cost-cutting and a job creating congress and that is going mean we are going to embark upon a regular diet of spending cut bills being brought to the floor weekly. that would be my hope. chris: and 22% from nondefense discretionary is not excessive? chris, look, these are 08 levels. i think that most americans would agree the sun rose and set in 08. you see people around their kitchen tables and small business people tightening the belt and large business people trying to cut payrolls, trying to cut expenses so we can make it through these tough times. we are going to have to make tough decisions. that is what the election was about. people are disappointed there is no results and frankly because the promises that were made in 08 have fallen flat