there's a lot of people eager for the bipartisan infrastructure bill to be voted on, and progressives have said they won't vote for that unless there's at least a deal on the larger social safety net bill. you said the house must part the infrastructure plan by october 31st, which is a week from today. moderates are frustrated, two deadlines have been missed because of the progressives. >> wait a minute. there was no deadline that was missed because of the progressives. the deadline was missed because they changed from 3.5 to one-half of that, and we've had to go in and everything is good in the bill. what do you cut? so in terms of this date, this date is fraught with meaning, because on october 31st is the day that the highway trust fund authorization expires. if that expires, we have to get billions of dollars someplace to continue that. the best way to do that is to pass the bill. having nothing to do with all