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Sen. Mike Lee on Taking on Spending, Health-Care Law

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    Sen. Mike Lee, (R-Utah), on the need to address the tough issues such as government debt and spending.

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Quite the guy what's the top that now is senator Mike like its brother the -- state of -- songs.

The stuff back to top indeed it is new do you do -- you're doing -- and always always and above all -- you don't look at American are you I just don't like it.

I think it's there the if I feel vulnerable.

Sometimes get to dip into that a little and ordered -- to enjoy the game.

Now I guess so I guess so maybe that prevents them let them period run your -- -- You're right absolutely yeah.

Bonds are Republicans confronting their fears on this they're embracing.

This fear that.

If you talk about entitlements.

Dead idea they're gonna tackle you can talk of the house the debt -- and -- people who -- They're gonna talk about it if you talk about the virtues of well it's gonna come back to -- -- -- they're gonna talk about the virtues of well so.

-- did they're crazy or.

Lives which is that it's wise it's wise -- -- look I had a conversation recently with my teenage son we're talking about.

A song that was on the radio that had Democrat lyrics and I said hey what's up with a song.

-- until insistently.

That it's it's not matter if you don't think about it well with a lot of the things we have to talk about our vanity don't think our debt unemployment all that -- that -- -- -- think about it.

You don't think that we gotta talk about it we've got to address it that's what's happening here at this convention this.

But.

-- -- -- -- -- Paul -- lives.

Vilified.

We're just trying to rein in the growth of entitlements I -- means even fellow Republicans you stood -- but a lot of Republicans so.

You go Cologne and -- wolf but you know I'm saying so he's cleared the stomach.

Before what could be a very bumpy ride.

There is the stomach -- yeah.

And what -- you weak kneed Republicans who didn't stand by him quite large we still within.

Because Americans has not a lot he had hundreds you did I got ten not a lot like but.

The tide is turning people in America Democrats and Republicans are recognizing this status -- Will cause these theories have programs to collapse -- their own weight if we don't fix in the legal reform them if we don't make them sustainable.

-- We -- come back to what's at stake in this race.

And -- how important Republicans feel -- -- in the white -- but it's actually just is crucial in a weird way maybe more so.

Lord your party to take the senate right but that's really the only way you can go back.

To untangle this helps -- Supreme Court has ruled out another option.

So by simple majority start dismantling it.

Piece -- -- -- think that's.

Yeah I think we can do it I think we could defund it.

I think we could possibly find a way to repeal it we could possibly convicted few Democrats to join us.

Most of the bill that simply says they should not be concerted attacks or as an exercise of the taxing power.

-- we can do -- we're going to do what we got to win the election first.

They original community organizer he organized by -- people in hospitals we've got to make him our president.

Senator thank you for.