Watson Coleman: “I guess my question is, did you all put on blinders over there on the Republican side of the aisle? Do you stick your…”

“I guess my question is, did you all put on blinders over there on the Republican side of the aisle? Do you stick your head in the sand? You stop reading when you want to stop reading, right? The agreement says, in full, the only underlined part that I got from you all was the President, according to the gentleman from Virginia, has to meet himself halfway. That is it. Is that it? Some negotiation. I thought that the Congress, the Republican-led Congress of the United States was supposed to be at the table presenting its budget that did the following. It is in the agreement you signed, is it not? It did the following: It is going to protect Medicare, Medicaid, education, the environment, veterans. Your budget was woefully inadequate. It did not do that and that is why it got vetoed. You know that and I know that. Do not for 1 minute come up here and tell us that only one person at the table has to meet somebody halfway. That is not how it works. The President has spent fully 40 hours in negotiations with the Republican leadership of the House and the Senate.”