president. i don't care about that. we had an opportunity to do something very important for the american people, for america's workers, and we could not let him stand in the way of that because he would go out and take credit. so this isn't about him. it's about american workers. it's about being good neighbors in our hemisphere and frankly, we weren't going to go down that path until the administration conceded on many of the provisions they had in the original proposal which were not acceptable and which were not described as the president would describe it. >> have you had any conversations with congressman van drew about -- >> none, zero. nothing, zero. >> conversations about your friend debbie dingell. i want to get your reaction.