done safely and carefully. >> i want to turn to the budget debate. we know there's a new short term resolution. the current one expires this friday. house republicans put one out. a lot of democrats have signed on. i want to confirm you approve of this new short term three week budget resolution that the house republicans have put out? >> yes. it gives me some cause for optimism that we can finish this cr, the remaining six months pretty well. there were negotiations between the president, senate democrats, house republicans and the proposal that was made, i'm for it. it takes cuts that democrats had proposed. cuts that get rid of fat but don't hit into the muscle the way that hl-1 did and leaves out these riders like on abortion, global warming and other things that would cause -- make it far more difficult to get to a budget decision. >> senator, there's bean lot of criticism of a lot of players in this budget debate. let me play you a clip of