>> clearly on the debt ceiling, to get anything long-term we want to get a long-term deal that starts addressing the nation's spending problems. the debt ceiling is basically you've maxed out the credit card and when the president comes and says he wants to get a new credit card to spend more, we've obviously been concerned. let's address these spending problems. >> you know very well, you've been in the house, you know very well that you are not going to get an agreement on the long-term -- the drivers of our long-term debt and deficit issues in three days. what you need to do is agree to something now. >> when we met with the president on thursday at the white house. we had an hour and a half meeting with the president. we said let's get a short-term extension on the debt ceiling. we have to have talks, get an agreement from the president to sit in the room and start negotiating on a long-term deal. the president wouldn't agree to that. hopefully the president is willing to finally agree to start negotiating to get long-term solutions so we don't have a crisis-to-crisis moment.