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Democratic congressional leaders say they have reached an agreement with President Donald Trump to spend $2 trillion on infrastructure.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer calls the $2 trillion figure a "very good thing" but says Trump pushed off tough questions about where the money will come from. Schumer says they told Trump the group needs his ideas on funding.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi adds that the eventual agreement "will be big and it will be bold."

Schumer and Pelosi said the roughly 90-minute meeting emphasized the importance of building up broadband, bridges and highways. They insisted Congress and the White House can work together at the same time as Congress is exercising oversight in Congress. Trump has expressed doubt about legislation and investigations happening simultaneously.

Pelosi says they've agreed to meet again to discuss how to pay for repairing repair roads, bridges and other infrastructure around the country.

Infrastructure repair is one area where Republicans and Democrats feel they can work together despite the rampant partisanship in Washington.

The White House's official read on the meeting was positive, too. White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said Trump and Democrats "had an excellent and productive meeting on rebuilding our nation's crumbling infrastructure including roads, highways, bridges, tunnels and railroads, modernizing our air travel system, and expanding broadband access for our great farmers and rural America."

"The United States has not come even close to properly investing in infrastructure for many years, foolishly prioritizing the interests of other countries over our own," Sanders said in a statement. "We have to invest in this country's future and bring our infrastructure to a level better than it has ever been before. We will have another meeting in three weeks to discuss specific proposals and financing methods."

(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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