joining me now to have more conversation about this, is congressman robert garcia of california. -- homeland security and oversight and accountability committees. congressman, thank you so much for being here. just off the top, what are your initial thoughts? do you believe that this is going to be the deal, or at least the beginnings of a deal, that helps us to avoid a government shutdown? >> i think generally i'm pretty cautiously optimistic here. i think this deal is very similar as the deal negotiated by -- major cuts that a lot of us expected. i think the deal is -- already very hopeful about where this could lead. republicans are goingo need democrats to vote for the steal. a significant number of caucus members.