So thank you for being here, everybody.
And we really now have some good news.
There's a really good chance we can avoid the government
shutdown with all the pain it would cause for New
York and America this week.
Now that the MAGA GOP bill has failed, it's clear
that only a bipartisan budget bill will keep the government
open.
This blazing red knot that the that MAGA has tied
around the GOP has come loose.
The Republicans know it.
And so now we can act in a bipartisan way.
But that Pat, that failure to pass the MAGA budget
is liberating for the Republican Party.
They can now work with us in a bipartisan way.
This red knot that MAGA had tied around them is
gone, is loosened up, and we can move forward.
I am ready to sit down, and I have been
sitting down for the last four days with Speaker Johnson,
his staff and my staff.
And we're coming closer to an agreement.
We can get this done, but we can't have any
delays.
We can't have any people on either side of the
aisle, Democrats or Republicans, standing up and saying unless I
get my way, I'm going to shut down the government.
We can't have that.
There's two greater consequences for the American people.