know it. people won t be able to afford it we won t have the quality of care that we expect and deserve in america. we have got a lot of work to do. laura: we all agree on that. stop this thing from happening. laura: why are you not for an all out ban on earmarks then. listen, i don t earmark. okay? so republicans are not about earmarking. all right? we are the ones that went. i worked for five years to make sure and john boehner and i have were able this year to make it so that our conference supported a moratorium on earmarks. and so what i will say is if these earmarks come back, they will not be earmarks that will include monuments to me and teapot museums and frankly. laura: they will be good earmarks? listen, if these earmarks come back, there will have to be a demonstration to the american people that their taxpayer dollars are being spent prudently in a way with a federal purpose. listen, again, i say i don t
earmark. and republicans are not about making the case for earmarks. laura: are you going to sign on to ryan s road map for the future going forward? because i think that s a great slate of ideas and i don t think you have signed it yet. you have? listen, i am working very closely with paul ryan to make sure that we put in place a way for us to balance the budget, a way for us to get to the point where these entitlement programs that we have got don t bankrupt this country. at the same time, that we can honor the commitments to america s seniors. i think paul will tell you that. and so we have got to have a serious conversation, laura. it s time for conservatives to come together so that we can win in november. laura: we re going to hold your feet to the fire like we hold the other feet to the fire. we can t go back to the old republican ways we have to have the new conservative republican ways. not what happened in 2004 through 2008, absolutely. i appreciate it, congressman. tha
listen, again, i say i don t earmark. and republicans are not about making the case for earmarks. laura: are you going to sign on to ryan s road map for the future going forward? because i think that s a great slate of ideas and i don t think you have signed it yet. you have? listen, i am working very closely with paul ryan to make sure that we put in place a way for us to balance the budget, a way for us to get to the point where these entitlement programs that we have got don t bankrupt this country. at the same time, that we can honor the commitments to america s seniors. i think paul will tell you that. and so we have got to have a serious conversation, laura. it s time for conservatives to come together so that we can win in november. laura: we re going to hold your feet to the fire like we hold the other feet to the fire. we can t go back to the old republican ways we have to have the new conservative republican ways. not what happened in 2004 through 2008, absolutely. i ap