this is a process, and all along you told me i can't do anything with it anyway, from the very beginning. be honest, okay? and i don't blame you because if you look at the facts you oner how is this going to get done? but i think there's a -- i think there is a dawning on the part of a lot of people that hold elective office that if you get some of this done things are better for them as well as anybody else, and i'm sure there's some calculation saying biden gets this other bill and he'll be moving too fast and it will hurt, the democrats won't be doing too well. that's why i think we have to try to figure out how to make the case across the board as to -- there are a lot of things we have to tackle. >> mr. president, have you gotten assurances from moderate democrats in the house and senate that they are going to vote for your build back better plan now that what they really