change the swamp. is that the right person to drain the swamp in washington? i have hired the brightest political mind and consummitant in utah. a man named pencer stokes . understoods utah politics and washington politics. i needed a man like that to help me in washington. you are not scared off by the fact he is a lobbyist. no, he is a lobbyist and a political consultant and he and i share a common vision which is a constitutionalitily limited federal government. he is willing to fight with me to achieve the objective. that s what we need to washington d.c. right now. someone who has the goal right now. congressmen west. you show a radio talk show host, joyce coffman . it came out that she called
the process of saying what theyment. strong national defense and controlling the borders and balancing the budget. one of the things we are all waiting to see how you tea party members deal with washington and in particular with the gop establishment here in washington. congressman west, you have written a letter to house majority leader when you found out how many days the house was taking off and complain we have a lot of work to do and we need to work harder. congressman canter spokesman said more days in washington mean a bigger government are you convinced? that is a disconcerting statement for me. if they believe the more time we spend up here working for what is best for the american people is a bad thing, what is your purpose for being here? our purpose is to resolve the issues and represent the people . i think we are going to have to work harder starting off
it is two months since you were elected to congress and met with your colleagues and got to meet with the leadership and house and senate. is it worse than you thought it was and the problems bigger. congressmen wempt why don t you start? i think they are big but not insurmountable. we can make sure we resolve the issues and that s what the tea party is all about. getting back to a constitutional conservative government and that is limited but also effective and efficient and that s what we will be able to do. senator lee your thoughts and is washington more broken than you thought it was from the outside. i wouldn t say it is more broken it is what it is. voters announced in droves in november 2010, that the federal government is too big and expensive and proclaimed what they don t want. more debt heaped on the backs of unknorn generation and in
on the government. if we extend them take it through the wintertime. but we need viable conditions to be sit so we have private sector growth in the country. when you look at debt and kev sit that occurred over the last two fiscal years weech are in the wrong direction. following up on that. you will have a decision to make voting on the debt limit as late february or march and continuing resolution by march. are you prepared backing up these principle rhetoric. are you prepared to see a government shut town or government default on obligations if it doesn t get its house in order. i don t think we will have the government shut down. i would vote to have that a continued resolution. but talk about raising the
government spend health health reform. three days before the new congress goes in. handicap it for us . there is bench marks in the state of the union and debt limit and cr running up. continuing resolution running out. how do you see both sides making their moves. the republicans will repeel obama care and that will get them in the house in january before the state of the union and then ask the senators and let hairy reid explain by why he is not doing that . the republican senator can put it on the floor. they will pass spending cut house and then the president will give a state of the union and try to be a deficit hawk, too . then 4th. we are so used to having a budget price in the end of the fiscal year.