is progress, is progress. go back and forth and over this break, the stature of the between the two the trade rep and our negotiators are seeking clarification and where there is room for cooperation, where we may have more challenges. but it s going in a forward direction so we re very pleased with that, because, again, we re trying to find common ground with the president. he always wanted this. we do too. and let s just find our common ground in that regard. another question personal policy before we bet to the other fuse of the day which is impeachment. what about gun legislation? a few weeks ago, the white house telegraphed we might hear the president would support some sort of gun package? we in the press have heard nothing. have you heard anything? well, the most recent communication i had from the white house on gun violence prevention is from the president
last tuesday. so we can segue from one subject to the next here. he called early that morning to say how happy i would be to see the progress that he was making on coming to agreement on gun violence prevention. i was curious about what that progress could be. he said he was working with democrats and republicans. i don t know of any i reminded him that we had sent a bill over to the senate, hr-8 and hr-1112. two pieces of legislation that would save the most lives. i had hoped whatever he was talking about was close to that oh, yes, are you going to be very pleased. that s the last i heard of that. at that point that is when the president segued into the telephone call in which he admitted that this call took place and that what happened was perfect. i didn t say, i said, it s not perfect. it s wrong. but youred a mention to what has now been in the public domain,
relationship believe me, the quiet you hear is progress. we go back and forth and over this break. the stats between the trade rep and our negotiators are seeking clarification, and where there s room for cooperation, where we may have more challenges. but it s going in a forward direction. so we re very pleased with that. again, we re trying to find common ground with the president. he always wanted this. we do, too. let s just find our common ground in that regard. another question on policy before we get to the other news of the day. what about the quiet we hear on gun legislation. two or three weeks ago the white house telegraphed we might hear what the president would support in some sort of gun package. we even in the press have heard nothing. have you heard anything from the white house? the most recent communication i had from the white house on gun violence prevention was a call from the president last