doing the same thing. he cannot be bullied. this is a man who knows what state he represents and he's listening to his constituents and he finds the size and scope of this bill is too much. and i think he's correct. and i think he's correct like the other ones you identified, michael, like inflation, the economy, covid, these are the issues that are front and center on the minds of many americans, particularly after $6 trillion has been spent on covid, and now we're talking about even more spending. >> you know that president biden said he had a commitment with senator manchin a couple of weeks ago. last week here with me, representative jayapal was my guest, we discussed that. here is what she said. >> most of build back better was prenegotiated, preconferenced with senator manchin and with the president. and i believe the president when he said he had a commit and that he had confidence that he would get the 50 votes needed in the senate. and i've spoken to the white house again recently.