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Lowering the energy costs and curving our spending thats run away. And looking back at america spending too much they wont be able to say that. Are staff meeting today . Thank you. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] headsup, headsup. [inaudible conversations] senator schumer, how did it go there today . Look, it was a good and productive meeting. Everyone agreed that default would be the worst outcome, a horrible situation for america and americas families, but we also agreed that we need to pass a bipartisan bill with bipartisan support in both chambers. I asked Speaker Mccarthy does he agree with that and he said yes and his bill of course is not a bipartisan bill. And so the bottom line is, that we all came to agreement that we were going to continue discussions in the way that i believe the way that Speaker Mccarthy described which is all of us in the room together and hopefully we can come to an agreement. We dont have much time, but the default is the worst, worst alternative and the having a bipartisan bill in both chambers is the only way, the only way were going to avoid default. Hakeem and i are committed to trying to get that bipartisan bill done. It was a positive meeting. I thank the president once again for convening us. It was an open and an honest, but a very cordial discussion. We all agreed that the only path forward is to reach a bipartisan agreement anchored in Common Ground. We all agreed that default is not an acceptable option and must be avoided and we all agree that over the next few weeks, we have to proceed with the fierce urgency of now in order to make sure that we can reach that bipartisan common sense, Common Ground agreement so that we can protect the health and safety and economic wellbeing of the american people. Do you think there will be no default . What is your specifics with work requirements and were not going to get into negotiations out here. We have to come to Common Ground. Thats the only way its ever gotten done. Its never gotten done with one party saying you have to do it my way. You have to get both parties in both houses together. How do you define Common Ground . You will know it when you see it. Theyll not give theirs and ours, something to avoid default. Default is disaster, full stop and everyone understood that in the room. I was glad to see that everyone understood what a disaster default was. Senator, in the deal today that you were productive i think it was as the leader said, it was a much more cordial meeting. Fuller, honest and real discussions about differences that we have on a whole variety of issues and it was all respectful and that was a good sign as well. Okay . You want to say how difficult has it been . This is kind of new for you, but if both of you could speak to the challenge because our commanderinchief is a tough negotiator. Well, President Biden has done an extraordinary job of bringing us together last week, setting in motion staff discussions that have been positive and productive over the last several days, and then bringing us back together to have another positive discussion with a clear path forward in terms of reaching an agreement because default is not an option. Everyone agreed that that was the case, that default will be a disaster for the american people. It would trigger a job killing recession. Default would crash the stock market and hurt the Retirement Security for millions of older americans, and a default would dramatically increase costs on people across the country and it was a very positive development that everyone agrees were going to work with the fierce urgency of now over the next week or two, reach an agreement, avoid a default and continue our efforts to be there for everyday americans. And the last question, but one they think i want to say, what gave me the most hope, there are a bunch of things, is that everyone, including the speaker, agreed we need to be bipartisan. The idea of having a partisan bill, we knew, would get us nowhere and everyone freely admitted that in the room. Last question. House Speaker Mccarthy said that the president appointed appointees, new staff or who are those people . Im let the president talk about that, but the bottom line the bipartisan negotiations that weve had are going to continue, but there will be a few additional players added to those. We take you go live now to the white house for a medal of value llahr valor ceremony. The highest for a Public Safety officer. Nine recipients including two new York Police Officers who were killed after responding to a 911 call. Just waiting for the president aarrive. Youre watching live coverage here on cspan2. 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