… Senator Schumer has to come to the majority leader, Senator Thune, and say, these are the things that I want to get done and to have an in person discussion. Senator Thune is the only member of the Senate who has the authority to make those deals. And he seems a pretty reasonable guy. He's a very reasonable guy. And his goal is to get us back to what we call regular order, which is out in front of everybody, where they can see every single appropriation bill. (06:46–06:53)
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