 Thank you. Where are you going? You're right here. You're right here. That's true. What else? Hey, y'all, what's up? Nice to meet you. Oh, stop. Hey, how are you? I'm good. Thank you, sir. Good morning, sir. How are you? I'm good. Don't shake hands with me. Right to the tracks? Right to the tracks. Let's go on your jumps. Go get your jumps. Don't be far away. Don't be far away. Don't be far away. Don't be far away. Don't be far away. Don't be far away. You're right here. What are you going to do? Let's start at 20-day. Thank you all for coming down. Our first item of business of course is the debt limit bill. I know you're all set for the week of town this week. I hope you'll send me a long-term debt limit if I get signed. I don't know what you're planning. And how do you do it? But we're going to have, we're going to apply many kinds of reasons today. I mean, I'm not sure exactly who they're going to be, but we're going to have a motion to construct that's pretty much sticking by the, you know, the, you know, the pressure or the view they have, and also more flexibility on certain outcomes in the town. Just so that we've got something that we can express ourselves, actually, that we've got a full loop with maybe a chance to take on a few Democrats on that, but I don't know, they just, we've just got to try and shame them in the fact that they haven't done anything we'd like to do before they've just haven't done something. That's it. But I, I can't tell you how that turns out, but I'll just have to assume that it's going to get all hung up, and then the Democrats will be getting a sack against him, and then we'll probably have a temporary, another extension of that ceiling. And, and the September, Bob? And the September. Just in the September. Well, yeah, probably, you know, and then we, here we don't get back until when it's the 7th or 8th, you know, we'll really probably like the 15th or the 1st week we come back until we come back into cover 45 or 68. I think we can do that with all the other things. We can pass it on to 77. Forty-five men in the now. Forty-five men in the now. Probably the members. Probably the 13th. See how fifty-three Congress. I think that, you know, win. Well, I appreciate your all coming down. And I know we, I know we're having some discussions here about further progress down in Central America and the peace plan that is here. But I felt that maybe we should have a meeting and discovered what we all thought or our interpretation of what the peace plan meant so that there couldn't ever be any misunderstanding and someone say, well, I didn't think this clause meant that I'd something else or not. And they're the powerful for us. Has done things I think has been forwarded to you. There's a lot of points about the various things are what our interpretation is and what we're going to hand it out. But so I think that maybe it sort of could be we just don't want a future misunderstanding on this. I think we're on the track of something that could be very productive and resolve the problems of why this has separated us for a long time. Mr. President, can I say a word that before I had a very good mind about the joint leadership that Congress has done in exploring its possibility and especially what Jim Wright has done with the speaker who's done it. It's been a while. Yeah, it's been a while. Yeah, it's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. It's been a while. Listen, thank you all for coming down on the principle. Yesterday, you're probably aware that we had a meeting in here with joint bipartisan leadership to discuss a renewed diplomatic initiative in Central America. Its objective is simple to further democracy in a region where four or five countries today have elected four of five, I should say, elected democratic governments put in place. And with regard to Nicaragua, we see the negotiated settlement that recognizes the rights of all Nicaraguans that they seek freedom and joy by their neighbors. And I'm glad you're here today. I know I've devoted considerable time and attention to the problems of Central America. And you know very well what the odds are that those four democratic governors that encountered in the past, that we can now speak about a peace plan and be unified in bipartisan way that I think will give a real boost to a genuine effort to bring democracy to Nicaragua. And I'm going to ask George Schultz to tell us about the discussions at the summit meeting in Guatemala City where they are now presently meeting. As I read it, Mr. President, we all can have a pretty good feeling because there are core, democratically elected, civilian presidents of Central American civilization. In addition to the Nicaraguan president meeting there. And these four people all understand democracy because they helped to create it in their country. And in many cases, they went through quite a lot of help in getting to where they have got. So essentially, that meeting is going on. That is a good start. All right. All right. All right. We're going to have to chit chat for a minute or two. Sorry. OK. The cameras are still in support. Yes. I mean, the question is. Well, the second wave will be that, but I'm going to be carried forward The President is going to get down to business here. I'd like to thank all of you, first of all, for coming down. It turned out to be very short notice. There's a lot of pressing business before we all leave Washington and one of the major issues is certainly welfare reform. As I said last year in the State of the Union address, the principle issue in any welfare reform proposal is whether or not we help people become self-sufficient and lead a full life or keep them in a state of dependency. I feel strongly that we're on the right track in proposing the Low Income Opportunity Act, which would allow states to test new ideas for reducing dependency. We also believe in the need to reform work requirements and to provide training and education, a greater opportunity through work, the growth program that allows to do that. I know that all of you have been under some pressure to sign on the so-called welfare reform bills that would increase benefits and make welfare more attractive. I commend you for your willingness to follow a responsible path to prevent increased dependency. I understand that your task force has worked diligently with members of the administration to come up with a proposal that we can all work together on and I think I'm most appreciative of what you've offered as an alternative. Mr. President, Ortega wants direct talks. Why not? You've got to answer that. Well, he says it's a sham if you won't sit down and negotiate with him. Great. No answers. What do you think about the response so far? Some of the Democrats say this is just a ploy. Well, I think we're getting together. We've got to go. And some of your friends say that you're selling the conscious act, sir. Andrew, he said no answers. We've got to go. We need to get started. Do you have an answer to that? I'm selling the conscious act. He said no answers. Let's go to the place. Can you face with this stuff every day, Mr. President? And more than once a day. Well, I'm starting to appreciate that more and more. I nominate her for Ms. Warmth of the New York Times. Dean, Michael, do you have anything going? Your proposal. I guess if I would, and thanks, and I was going to take it to some of the specifics. But I think what I've been hearing over the other side is the Capitol. Gosh, you're not going to mind all of this. The process you're hearing. Not going to mind. John? Yes, sir. Can I speak with you on the way out? Because there's a decision. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know you have strong objections to the Senate bill. I hope that that's true. Any improvements? I know you want the radio and everything. Offer an attorney bill. I understand that Jim Miller and Sam Peirce have had to settle up here to discuss this situation. Well, how would I like to hear your views? Mr. President, I indicated the other day when you're here, When they're here, you know, this, I have the builders, home builders, mortgage bankers, you know, boy, they're all leaning on us like mad because they haven't had an housing bill not for about six years. Of course, they've had their problems with FHA, I guess. And, generally, much in their area, they feel damned strong. I know that we've had some kind of disparity between the figures from OMB, from time to time. Sheldon's got to work with it. And I just thought you ought to hear it directly. All of you here, a conference there, we could get something that you can sign. If any possible, since the conference...