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Democratic congressional leaders reached an agreement with President Donald Trump on a massive investment to build the country’s infrastructure—$2 trillion.

On Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer had a meeting with Trump at the White House regarding infrastructure.

According to Pelosi and Schumer, they had a “very productive” and a “very constructive” meeting with the President. It is a surprising development since Democrats and Republicans in Washington are in the middle of an intense fight over many issues particularly the congressional investigations into Trump’s possible obstruction of justice.

Building America’s infrastructure not a partisan issues

During a press conference after the meeting, Pelosi said Trump agreed to advance a “big and bold” infrastructure agenda. She added, Building the infrastructure of America has never been a partisan issue and we hope to go forward in a very nonpartisan way for the future.”

On the other hand, Schumer said they all agree that “infrastructure is crucial to the future of America” because it creates jobs and makes the country competitive.”

“We agreed on a number, which was very, very good—$2 trillion for infrastructure.  Originally, we had started a little lower.  Even the President was eager to push it up to $2 trillion and that is a very good thing,” according to Schumer.

Additionally, Schumer said the asked Trump to present some of his ideas on funding during their next meeting. He emphasized that it is important to have the President on board to ensure passage of the infrastructure funding bill in the Senate.

He said, “This was a very, very good start and we’ll see – we hope that it will go to a constructive conclusion.”

Trump did not bring up the congressional investigations

When reporters asked if they talked about the congressional investigations during the meeting, the Democratic leaders said no.

Schumer said, “In previous meetings the President has said, ‘If these investigations continue I can’t work with you.’ He didn’t bring it up.  And so, we’re going – I believe we can do both at once.”

“We can come up with some good ideas on infrastructure and we want to hear his ideas on funding.  That’s going to be the crucial point in my opinion and the House and the Senate can proceed in its oversight responsibilities.  The two are not mutually exclusive and we were glad he didn’t make it that way,” said Schumer.