I`m more an optimist. I think things are going to go well. I think we`re going get it done.

Boosters are important. But the most important thing we need to do is get more people vaccinated.

I think the biggest impact that we`re going to have in getting out of this pandemic is those first shots. We can`t booster our way out of the pandemic.

The president has done a remarkable job given the fact that -- you and I have a mutual friend, Pat Moynihan when Pat Moynihan, when you were running his show and I was his colleague, a majority in the senate used to mean 51 votes. Since…

Victory is what’s at stake. Well, it may not be by the end of the week. We got three things to do, the debt ceiling, the continuing resolution, and the two pieces of legislation. If we do that, the country is going to be in great shape.

Victory is what is at stake. Well, it may not be by the end of the week. I hope it`s by the end of the week.

I think things are going to go well. People are going to get it done.

Equal boosters are important, but the most important thing we need to do is get more people vaccinated.

In this week, as planned, we took a key step in protecting the vaccinated with booster shots, which our top government doctors believe provides the highest level of protection available to date.

It`s hard to acknowledge I`m over 65, but I`ll be getting my booster shot.

It`s going to take some time here. We`re at this stalemate at the moment. And we`re going to have to get these two pieces of legislation passed. Both need to be passed. And they`ll have a profound impact.

This is totally unacceptable.

Remember, I said it`s going to take me a year to deliver everything I`m looking at here. That`s number one.

I make no apologies for my proposals, how I`m proceeding. It`s going to go up and it`s going to go down. It`s going to go up.

I`m confident that at the end of the day, we`re going to be able to get that done.

We took a key step in protecting the vaccinated with booster shots.

Of course I take responsibility. I`m President. But it was horrible what -- to see, as you saw -- to see people treated like they did, horses nearly running them over and people being strapped. It`s outrageous.

I promise you, those people will pay.