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This budget we spent so much time talking about
is really about making tough choices, hard choices,
difficult choices.
The American people understanding this,
they understand tough choices
they have to make them every day,
especially now
with the economy being in the shape that it’s in.
So should their representatives in Congress make tough choices.
We’re being honest with ourselves over here Mr. President.
We know that we can’t get a 100% of what we want,
that's what this
negotiations is all about,
that's why this is a negotiation.
It’s not a winner take all.
Democrats have made tough choices because we want to get this agreement finished.
We want it completed.
We want to keep the country running and keep the momentum of the economy
That’s now creating jobs.
We want to avoid a shut down and the terrible consequences that would follow.
The only thing the Republicans are trying to avoid is making the tough choices that
we need to make.
We’ve been more than reasonable Mr. President,
more than fair.
We meet them halfway
they say no,
we meet them more than half way
they still say no,
we meet them all the way
they still say no.
If Republicans were serious about keeping the country running
all they would have to do is say yes.
Now we learn that House Republicans are going to make another excuse,
create another diversion and avoid another tough choice.
Instead of solving the crisis the way we should,
instead of saying yes
they say in fact what they're going to do is pass
what they’ll
call another short term stop-gap measure.
They’ll say it’s short term
but what that really means it's a shortcut.
A shortcut around doing our jobs.
Instead of solving problems
they're stalling, they’re procrastinating.
That’s not just bad policy, it's a fantasy.
We all heard the President of the United States say Yesterday that he except anything short of
a full solution.
And why should he? We are six months into the fiscal year now Mr. President.
President Obama is right,
we can't keep funding
our great country with one stop gap after another.
The United States of America,
this great country of ours shouldn't have to live paycheck to paycheck.
We’re not going to give up,
we're going to keep talking and keep trying to find middle ground.
The Speaker and I will go back to the White House tonight.
2-hours and 20-minutes.
I’ll meet with him again and
continue the conversation that we’ve been having for weeks
with this administration.
We know the Republicans are afraid of the Tea Party and that's been established Mr. President.
Now it looks like they're also afraid of making the tough choices we have to make,
but tough choices are what governing is all about,
their what leadership is all about.
It’s time for my friends in the House of Representatives to stop campaigning and start governing,
and remember what one of the greatest speakers of all time said,
in fact he was speaker three times Mr. President,
he’s from the state of Kentucky,
Henry Clay. He was known as the great compromiser and he said that all legislation is based
on mutual consensus.
That’s what this is all about
but remember let's focus on the word mutual.
Takes both of us,
Mr. President its time to lead.