know how high he said it was going to be, for the sake of building a wall and keeping a campaign promise, that is not something that i can vote for. i m not going to vote for anything that is not really there to protect the american people, but just there so that the president can say that he kept a campaign promise. nor do i think that the republican senators that s going to be involved in this conference committee, that they re going to step up. congressman, i want to get to the roger stone indictment in that reporting as well. but you say there s a potential you can vote for barriers if the homeland security experts and this congress commit endorsed that. reconcile that with speaker pelosi s characterization evof wall being immoral? well, i think what we re talking about, and speaker pelosi said she s always been willing to guarantee, democrats want to negotiate border security, but not with the
american people. 800,000 american people-plus. you know, contractors, et cetera, being held as basically hostages in this process. so, now, we ve already been ready to negotiate. we are ready to negotiate. but we re going to negotiate something that makes sense. that s based upon some real rationale of securing american borders and trying to make sure that we re protecting our ports of entry. just to be clear, you are willing to vote for some sort of barrier in certain places along the border, if necessary? well, look, there are some places right now where there is something that is up on the wall. some of those places need to be repaired. and if that s what s concluded by the homeland security experts, yes, that is something that i can support. but if we re talking about just building a wall that is, i don t
get together and spend the next three weeks negotiating an appropriations bill for the department of homeland security. the propose satisfiesr proposed part of the discussion. and says that the negotiation was democrats will start immediately and says a deal is not going to be easy tweeting both parties are very dug in. here is president trump in the rose garden yesterday. a bipartisan conference committee of house and senate lawmakers and leaders will immediately begin reviewing the requests of our homeland security experts. if we don t get a fair deal from congress, the government will either shut down on february 15th again or i will use the powers of affording to me under the laws. critics say the president caved and gave democrats exactly what they asked for. president trump says this is not a concession, he argues it s
immediately begin reviewing the requests of our homeland security experts and experts they are and all law enforcement professionals who have worked with us so closely. we want to thank border patrol, i.c.e. and all law enforcement. been incredible. based on operational guidance from the experts in the field, they will put together a homeland security package for me to shortly sign into law. over the next 21 days, i expect that both democrats and republicans will operate in good faith. this is an opportunity for all parties to work together for the benefit of our whole beautiful, wonderful nation. if we make a fair deal, the
immediately begin reviewing the request of our homeland security experts and experts, they are. and also law enforcement professionals that have worked with us so closely. we want to think border patrol, ice, and all law enforcement. incredible. [applause] mr. president: based on operational guidance from the experts in the field, they will put together a homeland security package for me to shortly sign into law. over the next 21 days, i expect democrats and republicans will operate in good faith. this is an opportunity for all parties to work together for the benefit of our whole beautiful, wonderful nation. if we make a fair deal, the