Bryan Steil: “Last year I said it needed to be done by August.”

“… August 7th, I'm assuming pass the Senate past the House and then President Trump can sign in later in August if he wants. But is the hard date August 7th? Last year I said it needed to be done by August. And so we've been dragging on this for quite some time. So, broadly speaking, legislation, as you head into the election and there's just over 100 days between now and November 3rd, it just gets harder and harder to reach agreements.” (08:13–08:17)

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