save many lives and stop drugs from pouring into our country. maria: meanwhile, the president tweeting to speaker pelosi regarding her call to delay the state of the union: until the government is reopen, nancy, i am still thinking about the state of the union speech. there are so many options including doing it as per your written offer made during the shutdown, security is no problem in my written acceptance. while a contract is a contract, i'll get back to you soon. joining me right now, republican senator from north dakota senator john hoeven is with us this morning in washington sitting on the senate appropriations committee as well as the senate intercontinental ballistic missile coalition. he's also the former governor of north dakota. sir, good to have you on the program, senator, thank you so much for joining us. >> good to be with you, maria. maria: your reaction to the president's plan announced yesterday. >> yeah, it's a good proposal, and we're going to put it on the floor this week in the senate,