Comments made on 4/28/23.

It seems clear that you think the White House position which is we're not going To negotiate is unsustainable Listen Joe Biden has shown his entire Career it's wise president that he is Someone who will always negotiate he'll Always talk and so listen I have faith That Joe Biden uh and the speaker will Sit down and we'll talk I just think That you know in DC we should always be Talking we should never say we're you Know we're we're not going to speak to To folks across the aisle I don't think That's a sustainable position so you say The White House's position right now Because the president said I'll talk to Him about the budget but I'm not going To talk to him about attaching Concessions to this and that has still Been his position right now saying he's Not going to negotiate so you are saying That is unsustainable Yeah and that's been my position from The beginning I always think that the President United States and the speaker Should always be talking