of nk this being. what do you think of those comments? is this an issue who can come up with the best talking point, instead of talking about real solutions, getting the government back open, getting business to resume? >> well, you know, there again, that's the senate and what we need the senate to do, we need harry reid and the senators, senators who are appointed to come to the table. we're following regular order here in the house as laid out by the constitution. when we have disagreements, we have to come to the table. and that's where we're at and we're waiting. >> one solution is a separate bill to fund nih cancer trials. the senate rejected that proposal. harry reid has vowed that no piecemeal bills will pass. so would you support a clean funding bill with no changes to the health care law just to simply get the government going again? >> well, as i said, we're waiting for them to come to the table. that was the last effort that we made to them before shutting down the federal government. you know, this is the thing, this isn't our shutdown. this is harry reid and barack obama's shutdown.