this is a consensus-building operation, it's been a bottom-up process.

There's a lot more work to do.

the package that we send over there will be one that was very carefully negotiated and delicately balanced.

talks have gone great

I think he'll be − I hope he'll be fairly evaluated on his own merits.

He is as directly engaged and active as any vice president that I can remember.

We're all in agreement on the reforms we want to make.

We’re working on answers. Some of them, we need to get answers from the Trump administration.

Everything is on the table.

This process isn't over. We're just getting close to maybe half time.

We don’t have an exact date, but it’ll be sooner than what’s in the current bill.

Everything is on the table.

I am convinced that we’ll be able to adjust the dial, so to speak, so that we can come to an agreement that will meet the criteria that everybody has and that we can move this thing forward.

I'm absolutely confident we're going to be able to work out a compromise that everybody can live with.

It is large, it is comprehensive, and it deals with reconciling the budget in a way that will be fiscally responsible.

A lot of work has gone into getting 11 committees ready to complete all of their work today.

This process isn't over. We're just getting close to maybe half time.

Americans need direct reassurance from the administration and from you, Mr. Secretary, that these reforms will make their lives easier, not harder.