push them over the finish line. hhs and budget director set to testify today and, again, we're going to see if the democrats will finally play ball and to help the president finally fill out his cabinet. they are not going to help but they will try to get the job done anyway. meanwhile, we talked about the contentious nature of the ongoing battles for confirmation. let me share part of a conversation that we heard, about this exchange over the senate floor between chuck schumer and tom cotton. now, it's believed that schumer said, listen, where were you 8 years ago. sort of referring to cotton saying where were you during president obama's cabinet battles to which cotton is said to have replied 8 years ago i was getting my well, you know, shot at in afghanistan. so don't talk to me about where i was eight years ago. we give him bonus points for clarity and for being pithy. i want to show you a tweet from the president of the united states he says right there we'll be meeting at 9:00 with top automobile executives concerning jobs in america.