But we believe that we -- two things: that we can work something out, and that the American people absolutely want us to work something out, because as the leaders of both houses of Congress have said, Republican and Democrat, as the President has said, it is not in the interests of the American people for the government to shut down.

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And then like in a band called the Jazz Masters, it was conducted by Slide Hampton, I met Jimmy and he told me I'm working the program, jazz program at Queens College, so if you want to finish your Master's, maybe we can work out something.

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If there was something on the table that was unlivable then we can work it out.

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We need to get that kind of political theater out of our system and get to work on something that can actually pass both houses with bipartisan support and be signed by the President.

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