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A month since there have been interviews on this committee about the work they've been doing. what do we move the process forward, what potential progress is there if there have not been any interviews in such a long period of time? >> i kind of echo the sentiments, unusually, i echo the sentiments of everyone. this is a process that needs to move forward. they can argue all day long, one side is going to argue one thing, the other side is going to argue the other thing. they each leave separate things out of their memo. at the end of the day, both these memos are politically motivated, the re...

Caucus. there is a process forward, that's what they demanded and that's what they got. mitch i think was very gracious and saying what he said today, it made all the difference in the world, his speech this morning opened up the avenue we needed, the vehicle we needed to carry forward. the pressure is going to be on -- basically when we get our job done, paul ryan has to do his job. we can't do the houses job. we can't dictate what the president and the -- >> harris: okay. around and around we go. you hear senators collins of maine and joe manchin of west virginia there together, a visual aid...

We have common objectives. sometimes we have different tactics and certainly we have different interests. in a lot of serious work underway in syria to see if we can find a .. we have an en gagement underway to see if we can't move that process forward. it's been stuck, as you know, for several years. we are still committed to the delivery of the court objectives and we have active dialogue. we have an active strategic issues dialogue and we have begun starting early talks around a new treaty and inf as well. >> bret: i want to ask you about the president's speech to the general assembly today...

We have common objectives. sometimes we have different tactics and certainly we have different interests. in a lot of serious work underway in syria to see if we can find a solution. we discussed the situation in ukraine where we have an engagement underway to see if we can't move that process forward. it's been stuck, as you know, for several years. we are still committed to the delivery of the court objectives and we have active dialogue. we have an active strategic issues dialogue and we have begun starting early talks around a new treaty and inf as well. >> bret: i want to ask you about th...

>> we don't need a government shutdown, that never ends well, we don't save money doing it, and with regard to border security, i think that the president and all of us share the same goal to get a secure border, that is the goal, not to just fulfill a campaign promise, the wall that it doesn't make sense in certain areas, certainly in certain areas, i would love to show the president those areas. >> harris: so, interesting, that is a complete pushback, and the president is not shy about pushing right back. >> what is interesting about flake is that he has been voting basically straight republ...