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>> are you hopesful you'll be able to work together with democrats? >> i absolutely believe that. working with the prosolvers caucus and josh's lead, we're taking a position on debt ceiling, i believe, maybe a budget agreement, but being on the committee of ways and means. i'm reaching out and saying we want you to be a part of this. that's the way we're going to solve america's problems. >> congressman reed, you voted to repeal and replace the affordable care act. as you know, the other day the president was meeting with republicans. he said the bill was strictly along partisan minds, was in his words a mean bill. what do you say to a president who is basically throwing a lot of house republicans under the bus? >> well, i'll let the president speak for himself, but the bottom line is we had to move forward, you're talking about tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands don't have access to
in the wake of last week's shooting at a republican congressional baseball practice here in the d.c. area, there have been new calls for bipartisanship and end to the divisive political rhetoric. joining us now, new york republican congressman tom reed, new jersey congressman josh scotthimer. congressmen, thank you for having us on. >> you guys are the co-chairs of the problem-solver caucus, a 35-member strong coalition trying to end the partisan bickering. it certainly sounds nice, but with such deep divisions right now, the agendas of the respect telephone parties, realistically is there going to be any significant change in at least tone? >> i completely believe there there is going to be, and with the problem solvers caucus, we have been influential.
can get to yes and that's what we're focused on. how do we move forward not screaming at each other, but sitting down and figuring out where where ked make congress. >> how do you deal with rear fellow republicans. they don't want to make any deals with the democrats, because they don't trust the democrats and really don't want to go forward with such deals. how do you do that? >> you lead. that's why -- you know, obviously sticking our neck up and josh sticking his neck up, we're putting people before politics first. i will tell you that's the change in culture that i believe needs to happen. i believe we need to resolve it doing together. practically speaking 218 votes, 0 votes in the senate is generally what you need to get policy enacted. that means we have to work together. that's better policy for the american people. i agree. i think, wolf, what you saw last week after the horrific incident in washington is people more