Sheldon Whitehouse: “That is the responsible thing to do to save money; which, of course, is a preposterous and ill-informed idea.”

I would say I was an early believer in Josh’s race. I served in the Senate with Tom Harkin. I know what Iowa can deliver because I saw Tom Harkin in action.

Most of the dealbreaker humps we’re over, but now it’s refining the language, taking raw agreements into legislative texts and figuring out what schedule for voting succeeds.

This is a hugely important milestone but there are two big pieces of work in front of us.

We need more clarity on that.