following gettysburg, president lincoln proclaimed thanksgiving to be a national who day. as our nation experiences great challenges, i can't think of a better holiday to observe this coming week. my colleagues and i in the utah delegation are working every day to carve a more prosperous path forward. there is hope on the horizon. earlier this month democrats and republicans in this house came together to pass the fiscal state of the nation resolution which i co-sponsored. if agreed to, this resolution will mandate the u.s. comptroller general conduct an annual joint session before the members of the house and senate budget committees to provide for the fiscal 112th of our nation. this is a huge and important time to have done something like that after what we have seen over the last year. this would provide our leaders with the information they need to correct our course and back away from our patterns of destructive spending. back home i convened a debt and deficit task force which proaden opportunity to create solutions to our debt crisis. my colleagues from utah hope t

gettysburg, maryland, we hear from david on the independent line. caller: love c-span. i want to build on that first judgment national gentlemen. we do need to come together. democrat, republican it is getting to be the same at the federal level. both of my friends are left. i am usually left politically. went to a liberal law school. i want to encourage people on the left to read the constitution and put the vain glory aside. everything does not need to be federal. the constitution says it only goes federal when needed. otherwise, you've got to roll up your sleeves and get involved at the state level. we need more romney care, less obamacare. passionate c-span coverage is all we need. celebrity politics, we have got to let that go and meet at the local level. host: matt, new york, republican line. caller: i missed the previous segment because i was dealing with lake effect snow, which we have been dealing with the last couple of days. looks like you have got nice weather. host: we do. what is on your mind? caller: first of all, i would like to remind everybody that whe