Mike Johnson has made the representation, including at that White House meeting that we had last week after Chuck Schumer and I reached out to demand that we have the conversation. Unfortunately, it took place literally a day before the government shut down because Republicans have refused to engage in bipartisan negotiations or even conversations up until this point. And our view is what Johnson said is that health care is an irrelevant, extraneous issue. No, it's not an extraneous issue. It's a central issue and we need to deal with right now. (06:42–06:49)
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Asserts that Republicans have not participated in bipartisan negotiations.
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