credit. that's a provision senator joe manchin says he has issues with. would you support the senate making this bill smaller so that manchin would support it? >> you know, i'm not going to negotiate in public. he has said that he's for the child tax credit but thinks it should be different so let's see what happens in the negotiations. i'm going to tell you something, jake. i was on the phone today with one of the ceos in the auto industry. and we are behind as a country keeping up with europe. and asia in terms of advanced technology. we can't afford not to get this done because -- he told me that even our neighbor canada is beating us and -- these companies are building battery plants there. i don't want those companies going to canada or europe or to china or korea. we've got to get this bill done and keep the jobs here. >> today the senate majority leader chuck schumer, democrat