I do believe that every, every member that ran certainly in the Senate and the House ran to accomplish something, to do right by their constituents to solve these problems. And the fact of the matter is The United States Senate, in order to solve problems, you have to pass legislation currently that requires we got 54 Republicans, we need at least six Democrats to join us to pass things. And so we have six, seven Democrats on this committee. So the aspirational goal is let's concentrate on the areas of agreement. Let's not worry about things that divide us. (34:39–34:52)
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