“You know, Nancy’s in a situation where it’s not easy for her to talk right now. And I understand that. And I fully understand that. We’re going to have a good discussion. And we’re going to see what happens. But we have to have border security.” “Mr. President, please don’t characterize the strength that I bring to this meeting, as the leader of the House Democrats who just won a big victory. Let me just say, let me just say this, what the president is representing in terms of his cards over there are not factual. We have to have an evidence-based conversation about what does work, what money has been spent and how effective it is. This isn’t about, this is about the security of our country. We take an oath to protect and defend. And we don’t want to have that mischaracterized by anyone. And we are..” “No, no. I agree with that.” “So let us have a conversation where we don’t have to contradict in public the statistics that you put forth. But instead can have a conversation about what will really work, and what the American people deserve from us at this uncertain time in their lives.”