they don't trust us because we've been exspeed -- expedient as we dealt with them. most people will vote for somebody even though they disagree with them, if they trust them and think they trying to do the right thing. >> what is the status of your friendship with barack obama? >> i think it's fine. i either talk to him or write him a note or he writes me a note or we communicate couple of times a month. it's been rough. i have significant disagreements with the president and his policies. i've tried to be respectful of the office and at the same time supporting him when i can. i do a lot. when he does good things, try to praise him. >> what was the source of your friendship in the first place? >> we kind of fell together as we've came into the senate. . he was kind of one. we sat down and started this. we did a little bit as we came through orientation together. but then we talked. i talked to him when he was planning his run for the presidency. we just continued. i personally very much like the man. i disagree with his policies. he's a very likeable guy when you g

we also need to exspee diet natural gas exports and that's nolts just for economic reasons and job-creating reasonsality hometown. we've seen that in russia, russia is using natural gas and the stranglehold that it has on ukraine as a weapon. and one of the things we can do to help the people of ukraine and to help our allies in europe is to provide a long-term source of energy through another route other than through russian pipelines. we also should approve the keystone x.l. pipeline, which will complete this pipeline from canada all the way across the united states and the terminus would be in southeast texas, where that oil would be refined into gasoline and jet fuel and create a loss of jobs in the meantime. and then we need to -- we need to consider proposals that would incentivize american businesses small and large to hire veterans. now, i've been discussing these amendments all week, and i've been calling on the majority leader to allow these amendments to come to the floor and provide an opportunity for a vote. as i said, there are now currently more than 70 ditch --0 different am