their constituents in the eye, to tell the american people who they are willing to go without. should we go without child care support at a time when women's work force participation is at a 30-year low? should we go without clean energy initiatives at a time when wildfires are burning throughout california and other states because of climate change? should we go without free community college, even though college costs are swamping middle class families and holding back a whole generation from achieving an education? the burden is on the senate to come up with its package so that the house can then begin to negotiate. >> you know, i actually expected the kind of discussions we're having now, the kinds of problems, challenges that the democrats are having now to have been at the beginning of the process. that's where they're supposed to be. at this end of the process, this is when the agreements are supposed to have already been reached. i mean, i remember the day joe biden went up to the united states senate and went to their policy lunch, and all of the