>> LIZ: OKAY.
WELL, GUESS WHAT?
NOW WE’VE GOT TREASURY SECRETARY
STEVEN MNUCHIN AND MARK MEADOWS
THE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE
PRESIDENT LET’S LISTEN
IN TO THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE OR
THE REPUBLICAN SIDE RATHER.
>> THESE ARE CRITICAL ISSUES
DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE HAD A
VERY GOOD JOBS NUMBER THIS
MORNING THERE’S TOO MANY
PEOPLE OUT OF WORK AT NO FAULT
OF THEIR OWN, BECAUSE OF
CORONAVIRUS, SO TIME IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
THAT’S WHY WE’RE HERE.
WE HAVE SCHOOLS THAT ARE GETTING
READY TO OPEN.
WE HAVE KIDS THAT NEED TO BE
PROTECTED AS THEY GO
BACK-TO-SCHOOL.
I’VE REACHED OUT BETWEEN
YESTERDAY AND TODAY TO SEVERAL
DEMOCRAT GOVERNORS, SEVERAL
MAYORS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE
COSTS OF SCHOOLS ARE.
I DIDN’T YET CALL THE REPUBLICAN
, I’LL CALL SOME
REPUBLICAN STATES, THE CHIEF AND
I TODAY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
STATES HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO
OPEN THE SCHOOLS SAFELY.
I THINK AS YOU KNOW, WE’VE
ALLOCATED WHAT WAS IN THE ACT
AND ADDED A LITTLE BIT MORE
MONEY DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE
DEMOCRATS WOULD LIKE MORE
MONEY, WE ARE SPEAKING TO THE
STATES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
HAVE ENOUGH MONEY.
I’VE ALSO HEARD FROM MANY
SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES.
THEY’RE WORRIED ABOUT LIABILITY,
AS YOU KNOW, IT’S VERY IMPORTANT
THAT WE HAVE CORONA-RELATED
LIABILITY PROTECTION IN HERE.
NOW, THE PRESIDENT WOULD LIKE US
TO MAKE A DEAL, BUT
UNFORTUNATELY, WE DID NOT MAKE
ANY PROGRESS TODAY.
WE DISCUSSED THE SAME ISSUES.
WE DID COME BACK UP, WE WERE
REQUESTED TO HAVE ANOTHER
MEETING AND LET ME JUST SAY TO
THE EXTENT THAT THEY ARE WILLING
TO MAKE NEW PROPOSALS, THE CHIEF
AND I WILL BE BACK HERE ANY TIME
TO LISTEN TO NEW PROPOSALS, BUT
WE HAVE ASKED THEM FOR A
SPECIFIC COMPROMISE ON STATE AND
LOCAL AND A SPECIFIC COMPROMISE
ON UNEMPLOYMENT.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED PROPOSALS
ON THAT.
LET ME JUST SAY AS I SAID BEFORE
, I THINK THERE’S OTHER
AREAS WE HAVE MADE A LOT OF
PROGRESS ON.
WE KNOW WE NEED BROADBAND FOR
KIDS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS
WHO CAN’T GET IN, I THINK WE CAN
REACH AN AGREEMENT ON THAT.
THE SPEAKER JUST MENTIONED FOOD.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT KIDS
HAVE FOOD.
WE’RE NOT GOING TO AGREE TO LONG
TERM POLICY CHANGES, BUT THE
THINGS THAT THEY WANTED FOR
THROUGH NEXT YEAR, THROUGH
JANUARY WE’VE AGREED TO, SO I
THINK THERE’S A LOT OF AREAS OF
COMPROMISE.
I THINK IF WE CAN REACH AN
AGREEMENT ON STATE AND LOCAL
AND UNEMPLOYMENT, WE WILL REACH
AN OVERALL DEAL AND IF WE CAN’T,
WE CAN’T.
>> YEAH, I THINK IT’S
INTERESTING JUST TO HEAR THE
COMMENTS FROM SENATOR
SCHUMER AND SPEAKER PELOSI
SAYING THAT THEY WANT A DEAL
WHEN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, THEIR
ACTIONS DO NOT INDICATE THE SAME
THING, AND AS WE LOOK AT THIS
PARTICULAR ISSUE THE
SECRETARY IS RIGHT.
WE’VE OFFERED $105 BILLION FOR
CHILDREN TO ATTEND SCHOOL
AND THE DEMOCRATS SAID THAT’S
NOT ENOUGH AT $915 BILLION FOR
STATE AND LOCAL THAT’S WHERE
THEY WERE TWO WEEKS AGO.
TODAY THEY’RE AT $915 BILLION.
NOW IF YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT
COMPROMISE EVEN WITH THEIR
TRILLION DOLLAR WASHINGTON D.C.
MAGICAL WAY OF SAYING THEY ARE
COMING DOWN A TRILLION THEY
CAN’T COME UP WITH ANY
SIGNIFICANT CUTS IN THEIR BILL.
WHAT THEY WANT IS A
$2.5 TRILLION BLANK CHECK AND I
CAN JUST TELL YOU THE PRESIDENT
HAS ENCOURAGED US NOT ONLY TO
NEGOTIATE AND AS THE SECRETARY
INDICATED TO COME BACK AND
NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH BUT AT
THIS POINT, I’M EXTREMELY
DISAPPOINTED THAT WE CAME UP
HERE TODAY JUST TO HEAR THE SAME
THING REPEATED OVER AND OVER
AGAIN, WHICH IS THE SAME THING
THAT WE’VE HEARD REPEATED FOR
THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
>> SO THE CHIEF AND I WILL
RECOMMEND TO THE PRESIDENT BASED
UPON OUR LACK OF ACT TODAY TO
MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME EXECUTIVE
ORDERS AND AGAIN, WE AGREE WITH
THE SPEAKER THIS IS NOT THE
FIRST CHOICE, BUT PEOPLE
HAVE RUN OUT OFTEN HANSED
UNEMPLOYMENT SO THAT IS
SOMETHING WE WILL RECOMMEND AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER ON AND IT
RELATES TO RENTAL FORECLOSURES
WE WILL RECOMMEND AN EXECUTIVE
ORDER ON THAT AND ALSO STUDENT
LOANS, SO IT’S GOING TO TAKE A
LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR US TO
FINALIZE AND PROCESS THEM BUT
WE’LL DO THEM AS QUICKLY AS WE
CAN BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT WANTS
ACTION AND HE REALIZES AGAIN
DESPITE WHAT WAS A BIG PICKUP IN
JOBS THERE’S STILL TOO MANY
PEOPLE THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THIS
>> [OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]
>> IF YOU ARE WILLING TO TALK
ABOUT ROUGHLY $2 TRILLION --
>> THEY DIDN’T SAY THAT.
I WATCHED IT THEY SAID COME BACK
WITH A DIFFERENT OFFER.
THEY AREN’T AT 2 TRILLION, AND
--
>> YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT YOU
GUYS COMING UP?
>> LET ME JUST SAY AGAIN WHAT I
WOULD SAY IS THERES BOTH A TOP
LINE ISSUE BUT ALSO POLICY
ISSUES.
I THINK AGAIN, LET ME JUST
EMPHASIZE, I THINK THERE ARE
AREAS WHERE THERE IS BROAD
BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT.
IT DOESN’T MEAN THAT WE FINISHED
ALL THOSE AREAS BUT WHETHER IT’S
THE PPP, WHETHER IT’S OTHER
AREAS, AGAIN ON THE SCHOOL ISSUE
, WE HAVE A BROAD
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE WANT TO
ACCOMPLISH.
WE’RE STILL GOING BACK AND FORTH
ON SOME NUMBERS AND WE’RE GOING
TO BE FACT-BASED AS I SAID WE’RE
REACHING OUT TO STATES TO MAKE
SURE WE HAVE GOOD NUMBER, BUT AT
THIS POINT WE’RE GOING TO
RECOMMEND TO THE PRESIDENT THAT
OVER THE WEEKEND WE MOVE FORWARD
WITH SOME EXECUTIVE ACTIONS.
>> WOULD THE NUMBER BE 600 OR
WHAT CAN PEOPLE EXPECT?
>> AGAIN I THINK AS YOU KNOW
WE’VE MADE A COMPROMISE OFFER ON
UI AS PART OF THE LEGISLATION
I THINK IT’S A VERY FAIR
PROPOSAL THAT COVERS THE ISSUES
AND AGAIN WE HAVE BEEN WILLING
TO COMPROMISE ON UI.
WE’VE BEEN WILLING TO COMPROMISE
ON STATE AND LOCAL.
WE UNDERSTAND, THERE ARE WORKERS
IN STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS,
THERE’S FIREFIGHTERS, THERE’S
POLICE, THERE’S FIRST RESPONDERS
, THERE’S PEOPLE WHO
IN HOSPITALS THAT HAVE BEEN
WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK BECAUSE
OF THIS VIRUS AND WE UNDERSTAND
WE NEED TO PICK-UP THOSE COSTS,
SO AGAIN IT’S SOMETHING WE’RE
ADDRESSING.
>> YEAH, I THINK PROBABLY THE
OTHER THING THAT IS FAIR TO
POINT OUT IS WHERE WE HEAR THIS
COMPASSIONATE TALK, THE
ENHANCED UNEMPLOYMENT HAS
EXPIRED.
THE DEMOCRATS HAVE HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY MULTIPLE TIMES TO
EXTEND EVEN WHAT WE’RE DOING
RIGHT NOW AND THEY HAVE
CONSISTENTLY SAID NO.
WHERE IS THE COMPROMISE IN ANY
OF THAT.
IT’S IMPORTANT THAT AS WE LOOK
AT THIS , AND THE SECOND WAS
RIGHT.
THEY MADE NO OFFERS AS IT
RELATES TO ENHANCED UNEMPLOYMENT
AND THEY’VE MADE NO OFFERS AS IT
RELATES TO STATE AND LOCAL
FUNDING, BOTH OF THOSE ARE STILL
WHERE THEY WERE TWO WEEKS AGO.
>> AND WE ARE VERY FLEXIBLE IF
THERE’S AREA OF AGREEMENT THAT
WE CAN AGREE ON PAST LEGISLATION
AND COME BACK TO THE AREAS
OUTSIDE OF THAT WE’LL DO THAT.
WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> IT SEEMS JUST LISTENING TO
WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE SAID THE PAST
TWO WEEKS BEEN SAYING THE SAME
THING RESPECTIVELY, THE
NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEEN IN
THE SAME PLACE FOR TWO WEEKS
IT’S NOT GOING TO BE A BILL AT
THIS POINT.
YOU GUYS WILL CONCEDE THAT BASED
ON LOGIC --
>> I DON’T WANT TO JUMP TO
CONCLUSIONS.
WHAT I WILL SAY IS LET ME JUST
SAY IN ALL FAIRNESS, WE HAVE
CATALOGED A LOT OF ISSUES SO
THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WE’VE GONE
THROUGH, WE UNDERSTAND THEIR
AREA, THEY UNDERSTAND US, THERE
ARE AREAS I’M VERY CONFIDENT WE
CAN COMPROMISE AND REACH AN
AGREEMENT.
SHE’S NOT WILLING TO DO A
PARTIAL DEAL.
AGAIN I DON’T WANT TO SPECULATE
AS TO WHETHER THERE IS AN
AGREEMENT OR NOT.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRY TO GET
AN AGREEMENT THAT’S IN THE
BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE,
AND THAT’S WHY WE’RE HERE.
>> BUT IN THE MEANTIME WE’RE
GOING TO TAKE EXECUTIVE ORDERS
TO TRY TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE
PAIN THAT PEOPLE ARE
EXPERIENCING.
THIS IS NOT A PERFECT ANSWER.
WE’LL BE THE FIRST ONES TO SAY
THAT, BUT IT IS ALL THAT WE CAN
DO AND ALL THE PRESIDENT CAN DO
WITHIN THE CONFINES OF HIS
EXECUTIVE POWER AND WE’RE GOING
TO ENCOURAGE HIM TO DO IT.
>> WILL IT GO INTO THE CR, OR
DO YOU ANTICIPATE THIS WILL
ROLL INTO NEXT MONTH?
>> I DON’T WANT TO ANTICIPATE
ANYTHING.
>> AGAIN WE’RE OPEN TO LISTEN,
TO NEW OFFERS, AGAIN IF THEY
HAVE COMPROMISES ON UI AND STATE
AND LOCAL, WE’RE READY TO BE