Mr. President , it is time to stop tweeting and start leading. There are serious questions that must be answered and many things that must be done. Democrats and republicans on the hill have come together on government funding for. In april, speaker ryan, leader mcconnell, leader pelosi and i worked together from the government and avoid shutdown in the four of us have worked together for and we, democrats, are ready to do it again. If President Trump doesnt want to get involved in this and President Trump says hes not interested in cutting a deal then we suggest that speaker ryan, leader mcconnell, leader pelosi and i sit down and we can come up with a good deal on her own. That is what was done before and that is what can be done again. As i said, there are serious issues and from us. We dont have time to waste and games to play. We need to from the military. We need to protect millions of american pensions, funded Scientific Research and Student Loans but we need to rebuild in texas, florida, puerto rico, Virgin Islands and california and we need to protect the dreamers. If the president reverses course and decides he wants to be a constructive force working with both sides to forge a bipartisan deal we are happy to be with him anytime, anywhere, any place. As long as he remains a Destructive Force it will be a waste of everyones time to continue working with someone who clearly has no interest in coming to an agreement. We hope the president in order to avoid this calamity will change his mind and the president and the republican friends run in the house and senate and they have a responsibility, a responsibility not to let the government run out of funds. We are willing to work with them but they have to do it in a bipartisan way. Senator durbin. Senator durbin thanks, chuck. The treat the president release this morning concerned me in one particular expect. Theres only one immigration bill pending before this congress that is taken seriously. Senator cornyn just addressed it. Its one we all know very well. It is the presence decision on september 52 eliminate daca perfection 780,000 young people looking forward, pay the filing the president s fifth toon september eliminate daca protection. 780,000 young people looking forward, pay the filing fee in with her criminal back on track, cemented other information to our government and are currently protected from deportation and given the right to work. President trump announced september 5 that as of march 25th that protection wouldnt. With the end of that protection it means disastrous consequences thousands and thousands of young people. He called on congress to ask and senator cornyn said it is our responsibly to act. How did the president describe this challenge this morning in the street . He said the democrats were coming in in favor of Illegal Immigrants flooding into our country unchecked. Illegal immigrants flooding into our country unchecked. The dream act requires that if you are eligible you have to have been in the United States for four years. Were not talking about people flooding into the United States but those who lived their lives in the United States being given the chance to earn their way to legal status and citizenship. That is what the challenges before us. We need a president who will work with us to solve the problem which he created on september 5th when he abolished daca. We need a president who has said so many times that he is respectful of the talents these young people bring to america. We need a president who doesnt use this divisive rhetoric and we can sit down and make this on a bipartisan basis, im convinced of it. Senator graham has cosponsored the acts and three other republican sponsors and it can be done but we have to stop the divisive rhetoric and stop the training and sit down and meet our responsibility before the end of this year. It can be done, not with these tweets. Senator schumer we will take questions. You cant stop the president from training so does this mean that Going Forward youre not planning to sit down with him . Senator schumer all he has to do is say he is serious and wants to undergo a real negotiation and we will sit down with him but there is an alternative when the president stays out of it we seem to do much better, for leaders and we are happy to sit down with them and thats how we did it the last time the government funding expired in 2017. The president doesnt indicate he is serious and we will not sit down for a photo op. This is serious stuff. [inaudible] they couldnt pass this they could have pass this votes and they probably wouldve done it a long time ago. They set out in a bipartisan way because in this case they need 60 votes. On this issue, unlike the tax issue, bipartisanship is required and not only the right thing to do but required. That means serious, mature, negotiations with the president has by his this morning show he is not yet ready and we hope he changes his mind. You cut deals with the president before. You come out and said i talk to chuck and nancy and we got it all worked out and why do you not trust him now and how much of this is the politics in your own party . Senator schumer no politics in our own party. The a full agreement to go forward and get this done. This is about the president not being serious and this is about the president we would like to sit down this episode with the Republican Leadership as we did six months ago and we got this done without the president being involved. [inaudible] there is a whole bunch of issues that are reporting to us. The defense spending making sure the parity, the Childrens Health initiative and the disaster money, as well, of course, dreamers. There are a whole bunch of issues out there that are very important to us and we believe there are some things they want and some things we want. If you are serious, we can negotiate a very good timely deal and we can do it now we dont have to delay. The staffs were making great progress until the president stepped in. We were very close on the number of issues. [inaudible] senator schumer you cant sabotage the entire system and then say you will do it small little fix on top of that sabotage because Marie Alexander was never designed to be in a situation to be in where there was a direct, print the aca. Direct bomb thrown into the aca. It was made to improve the aca. Alexander is great but first our republican colleagues should abandon the idea of sabotaging aca as they did the individual mandate because it just doesnt make sense. Whats the timetable for getting [indiscernible] schumer government runs out of money december 8 and the president , republican colleagues and we are waiting for them to come to us and we will work with them to get it done but it got to be serious and theyve got to be real and theyve got to understand there are two sides to negotiation with the president doesnt seem to understand that. Are you confident [indiscernible] sen. Schumer i am confident we can avoid a shutdown. Our republican colleagues have shown in the past that they know with them in charge that the shutdown falls on the back and the American People know they are running the show and we will not obstruct for its own sake. But we need to make a bipartisan agreement. There are some things they want and some things we want more willing to compromise. The president seems to say do it on my way or no way and that will not work. Thank you everybody. The Senate Budget committee voted out the senate gop tax reform bill. The committee merged two different versions, to measures into one bill. What has been added to the stec reform bill this text reform bill . Upit would essentially open oil drilling in the Arctic National wildlife refuge in alaska. This is a big priority for senator lisa murkowski. It has been a longtime goal for a lot of republicans. Essentially, this tax plan has this oil drilling provision in it now and it will go to the floor as one package. Are obviouslys the centerpiece of the plan