the best ways to protect our border. i don't see this as any power play. >> i'm referring to the past 36 days and the fact that he held out over wall funding. >> if you're saying that the president held out over wall funding to show who was in charge, i think that's quite a bad statement to make about any leader in our country, but what i do say is let's go forward, get this done. the leader mentioned lessons learned and hope the people know that we cannot hold our public employees hostage because we have a disagreement for 34 days, over one month having an impact on their lives. i don't want to make any characterizations of the president's motivation. you'll have to ask him. >> go ahead. go ahead. >> speaker pelosi, did the president underestimate you politically and can you assure the public that there won't be another impasse in three weeks?