>>> president obama had some harsh words for congress during his state of the union address last night while he promised -- he promised to power through any republican efforts to block progress on the hill.
>> as long as i'm president, i will working with anyone in this chamber to build on this momentum. but i intend to fight obstruction with action. and i will oppose any effort to the return to the very same policies that brought on this economic crisis in the first place.
>> president obama because he was helping --
>> republicans argue back that the president is talking the talk, but not walking the walk. joining me now is republican congresswoman nan hayworth of new york. congresswoman, good afternoon to you.
>> hi, craig .
>> what do you make of the president's speech last night?
>> well, the president expressed some inspiring ideas and thoughts that we share. these are the broad principles to have every citizen in the united states have a fair opportunity to thrive and to have the dignity of work and to be able to participate in our communities. we all support that. and i do want to emphasize that in the house of representatives , republicans and democrats have been working together.
>> really, congresswoman?
>> really, craig . we've sent 30 bills to the senate.
>> you realize that's not the perception in this country.
>> well, i do. and i'm doing all i can to counter it because the news does need to get out. we have with republican and democratic votes sent 30 bills to the senate. 30. 27 of them have not gone any further.
>> but what about all of those bills and all of the gridlock that we have all watched play out, sometimes for weeks on end whether it's the debt ceiling debate, whether it's the payroll tax cut discussion, as well? what about all of those those big things that you guys haven't gotten done?
>> you know, craig , i am on the conference committee working with colleagues again across the aisle and from the senate to make sure that we get the kind of payroll tax cut extension that republicans and democrats all support. and the issue, as you know, becomes how do we responsibly manage these great goals. that's what this contest throughout the year, if you will, has been about. how do we get consensus on moving forward? and president obama plays a leadership role in that, as well. on the house republican side , it's very true. we have emphasized that we have to think about the next generation and the generations beyond. we're borrowing 40 cents as of this moment, 40 to 41 cents of every dollar the federal government spends. that's all going to be put on the backs of our younger generations. it's not fair to them.
>> i want to specifically about the payroll tax cut. i want to follow up on that because the president called on congress last night to extend it. there was a great deal of applause from both sides i noted. especially from majority leader kantor. is this the something that you can say right now definitively will happen in the next two months? will we see a permanent extension of the payroll tax cut.
>> i'm speaking only for myself, craig , but i believe that is the will of the conference committee and the will of the house of representatives of which i'm a member to extend that payroll tax relief. we have to bear in mind when we do that, we still have to fund the social security trust fund . it's not like taking funds from the general revenues which we want to lower taxes for everybody. but we do have to fund that social security trust fund because those payroll tax contributions go directly to that. and those social security benefits will be paid out eventually. so we have to have the compensatory offsets from other parts of the federal budget . but weigh have lots of opportunity to do that, and i do think that there is a strong will to get that done.
>> last tight, congresswoman, the president called on millionaires in this country and he was slightly more specific than he has been in the past but he basically said if you make more than a million bucks, you should have a tax rate of at least 30%. is that something you could sign off on as well?
>> craig , the other big element that we need so desperate lit is growth. we need jobs. and we're not going to get nearly the growth that we need.
>> yes or no on the 30% rate.
>> the no on a 30% rate, craig . no on a rate hike. let's put it that way.
>> okay.
>> we need to lower taxes for everyone. everyone. we need to lower those burdens. we need to bring the federal government to the right size to serve us and not to suffocate the economy. we can do it. president obama is a very smart and inspiring leader. we can work together on this. let's not raise taxes on anyone. let's lower those burdens. the president has expressed a desire to consolidate departments of the federal government . let's work on that. we can do that and give dollars back to the american taxpayers who are so hard working and so hard pressed.
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