of aimed at reducing yes, does it mean that were antiscience? no. were trying to get things back in order to where we can look at the folks who pay the taxes. when i can into the crazy stuff the previous administration did. i will note they didn't say anything about the musical. >> what are your assumptions and expectations for budget in reference to the wall. have a, the record to say. >> some aren't supporting and some are. i was disappointed yesterday don't know if anybody is here that broke the embargo on think there's anybody here but i read the article about how we supposedly automatically reduced our request for the wall funding does not accurate. the 2017 request was $1.5 billion for border security and additional dhs funding. it was 2.6 for border security almost twice as much of 4.5 for total dhs. much larger number so i'm not sure how the person got to that number. where absolutely dead serious about the wall. after taking care of the national security and the vets my guess is it's in the president's top three. we made it clear to the fol

does it mean that we are antiscience? absolutely not.e are trying to get things back in order so we can look at the folks who pay the taxes and say we want to do some climate science, but we are not going to do some of the crazy stuff the previous a administration dead. you didn't say anything about the musical. >> reporter: what are your assumptions for the budget in reference to the wall? congress has come on the record. what are your expectations? >> some folks are very much in support. i did read something and i was really disappointed yesterday. i don't know if anyone is here who broke the embargo. i read the article yesterday about how we supposedly dramatically reduced our request from the wall funding. that's not accurate. the 2017 request was $1.5 billion for border security and 3.0 billion and dhs funding. a much larger than 2017. i'm not sure how the person got to that number. we are absolutely dead serious about the wall. in fact, after taking care of the national security, my guess it's in the top three. i know for a fact it

it is antiscience. it will deepen the crisis in europe.you travel in europe, it is the number one public issue. if we walk away, it will further deepen the credibility problem that we have with the germans and other peoples in europe. >> and john, it would also create a control vacuum. even the business interests in the u.s. have said don't leave. if you do, we don't have leverage. >> yeah. that's exactly right, chris. 300 u.s. companies have urged the president to stay in the paris agreement. in the last 15 years the solar energy industry in the united states has doubled seven times. the wind energy industry has doubled four times. and just in the last 15 years there is 2.5 million jobs in the united states dedicated to the clear air energy and that number is continuing to climb. that's the future and that's where china wants to go. so we are going to be losing jobs here in the united states and hurting our economy and we'll be seeding that territory to china going forward. >> 192 signatories during this trip. you saw the entire european

in fact, the budget is full of cuts that advance the administration's antiscience almost know nothingism agenda. it eliminates scientists, shuts off funding for research and cures in everything from alzheimer's to cancer. mr. president, you can't say to people who are studying or trying to find a cure to cancer or so many other diseases, we're going to cut your money for a few years and turn everything off, and send the scientists home. but maybe in a few years we might give you money again. you can't do that in medical research. the university of vermont is going to lose millions of dollars for valuable research, research you can't pause and hope to resume. we are so close to finding a cure for most kinds of cancer, just as we did years ago in polio. are we going to turn that off? are we going to say to the american people, we want to have a sloganeering budget, so, sorry, maybe when your grandchildren come along, maybe someday somebody will restore this science and we'll find a cure for cancer. the budget for climate change eliminates all the environmental protection agency climate pro

you know, there is a lot of antiscience proposals, impulses in this, in the proposal that came from the administration, and i'm proud that both republicans and democrats rejected them. so i support the bill before us. i am proud to join chairman cochran. it's not a perfect bill, but no products we all come together on are perfect, but on balance it's a good deal for the american people. it reflects the values of both republicans and democrats. in the bipartisan work that brought us to this point, it lays the groundwork for our negotiations on the fiscal year 2018 appropriations bill. so i want to extend again my thanks to chairman cochran and to the subcommittee chairman and ranking members. it takes a tremendous amount of work to draft each of the underlying bills contained in this consolidated appropriations bill. while we were negotiating, i remember being on the phone at 10:00, 11:00 at night. i went to bed and the staff would keep on working until 2:0. so i thank the staff of the appropriations committee, including the subcommittee clerks on both sides of the aisle who have been he