Ryan: ‘Economic Growth Is One of the Critical Ingredients to Getting the Debt Under Control’

REPORTER There is a ░░░░░░░░ deal of spending in ░░░░░░░░ bill You are speaking ░░░░░░░░ why you are supporting ░░░░░░░░ But I m wondering ░░░░░░░░ you think these spending ░░░░░░░░ are sustainable after these ░░░░░░░░ years or are we ░░░░░░░░ up another budget cliff ░░░░░░░░ I m also wondering ░░░░░░░░ all five of you ░░░░░░░░ read this bill This ░░░░░░░░ a very short turnaround ░░░░░░░░ a very large bill ░░░░░░░░ Yeah Obviously we were ░░░░░░░░ involved in this This ░░░░░░░░ authorizers and the appropriators ░░░░░░░░ money to go write ░░░░░░░░ details of this bill ░░░░░░░░ the March 23 deadline ░░░░░░░░ let me back it ░░░░░░░░ Remember why we had ░░░░░░░░ BC in the first ░░░░░░░░ Remember the old super ░░░░░░░░ remember when President Obama ░░░░░░░░ We ll set up ░░░░░░░░ super committee to do ░░░░░░░░ reform And if that ░░░░░░░░ t work then this ░░░░░░░░ kicks in That s ░░░░░░░░ happened The original plan ░░░░░░░░ never came to being ░░░░░░░░ we can go point ░░░░░░░░ but the fact is ░░░░░░░░ it didn t happen ░░░░░░░░ entitlement reforms that were ░░░░░░░░ did not occur and ░░░░░░░░ the sequester kicked in ░░░░░░░░ sequester is a very ░░░░░░░░ tool which puts the ░░░░░░░░ where they don t ░░░░░░░░ on our military And ░░░░░░░░ need to get back ░░░░░░░░ focusing on the true ░░░░░░░░ of our debt crisis ░░░░░░░░ is really healthcare inflation ░░░░░░░░ These are very important ░░░░░░░░ that were written in ░░░░░░░░ 20th century that aren ░░░░░░░░ working the way they ░░░░░░░░ and should in the ░░░░░░░░ century which are giving ░░░░░░░░ a debt crisis combined ░░░░░░░░ the fact we have ░░░░░░░░ demographic challenge We have ░░░░░░░░ boomers retiring and fewer ░░░░░░░░ following them in the ░░░░░░░░ We had to face ░░░░░░░░ to those challenges and ░░░░░░░░ with it Cutting the ░░░░░░░░ doesn t solve the ░░░░░░░░ We can get rid ░░░░░░░░ the military and we ░░░░░░░░ would have a deficit ░░░░░░░░ s the point You ░░░░░░░░ entitlement reform and you ░░░░░░░░ solve a lot of ░░░░░░░░ problems.”