the january jobs report showed strong growth with the creation of roughly 517,000 new jobs, and the unemployment rate dropping to 3.4%. but the economy at large is still in a precarious spot, as the republican-led house continues to hold the debt ceiling hostage. president biden met with house speaker kevin mccarthy at the white house on wednesday to discuss lifting the country's borrowing limit, and in a statement released after the meeting, the white meat house made it clear that biden would not negotiate after the limit, but welcomes a separate conversation of how to reduce spending, untethered from the debt ceiling debate. joining me now, in studio, shalom the young, director of the office of management and budget. director young, welcome to the sunday show, but thank you for having that. >> but thank you for having me. >> you are the budget director, but tell me if i'm wrong, tying future spending to increase in the debt ceiling to pay old