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00:00RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. > > THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME WITH YOU. > > WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? > > I THINK AS ADAM SCHIFF MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS SEGMENT, WE NEED TO SEE THE FULL REPORT. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE SPECIAL COUNSEL MUELLER SAID HE COULD NOT EXONERATE THE PRESIDENT WITH RESPECT TO THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, WE NEED TO SEE THE REPORT. WHY ARE THEY HOLDING THIS REPORT BACK? OBVIOUSLY NEEDS TO BE SCRUBBED FOR SENSITIVE INFORMATION FROM BUT WHAT IS IN THERE THAT THEY DON ' T WANT US TO SEE? THE LAST CONCLUSION I HAVE IS THAT WHAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF OUR SCOPE IN THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE IS FAR BROADER THAN WHAT SPECIAL COUNSEL MUELLER FACED. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ISSUES AND MAKE SURE NOTHING LIKE WHAT HAPPENED IN 2016 HAPPENS AGAIN. > > HOW DOES THIS CHANGE THE SCOPE, THE PACE, THE FOCUS OF INVESTIGATIONS YOU HAVE ONGOING? > > I THINK IT DEFINITELY PUTS THE EMPHASIS ON COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ISSUES AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. WITH REGARD TO COUNTERINTELLIGENCE THIS WEEK, WE ARE HAVING FELIX SEDER COME IN AND TESTIF Y AS TO WHETHER TRUMP TOWER RUSSIA FOR ANYBODY AFFILIATED WITH DONALD TRUMP MAY HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED IN THE PROCESS. THESE ARE IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT CONCERN NATIONAL SECURITY. > > WHEN YOU TALK TO FOLKS BACK HOME, HOW MUCH DO THEY TELL YOU WE ARE TIRED OF ALL OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS? WE WANT TO MOVE ON WITH THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTRY. ARE YOU GETTING ANY REACTION TO CONTINUING DOWN THIS ROAD? > > NO. I HAD 25 TOWN HALL MEETINGS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS AT PUBLIC FORUMS. WITHIN THE FIRST FIVE QUESTIONS THAT I F IELD, AND THIS IS A SUBURBAN DISTRICT, WE GET QUESTIONS IMMEDIATELY ABOUT WHY ARE YOU NOT PURSUING THE INVESTIGATION EVEN MORE VIGOROUSLY WITH REGARD TO PROTECTING OUR DEMOCRACY FROM RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE AND INTERFERENCE OF FOREIGN ADVERSARIES. > > OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR WILL BE BRIEFING THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES. DO YOU EXPECT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL BRIEF THE HOUSE AS WELL? WOULD YOU PUSH FOR THAT? > > I HOPE HE DOES. I THINK THAT IS ONLY APPROPRIATE IN LIGHT OF HIS LETTER, ESPECIALLY WHAT HE HAD TO SAY WITH REGARD TO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. I THINK IT WAS NOT THE BEST PROSE I HAVE READ IN A LONG TIME. I THINK HE NEEDS TO EXPLAIN WHY HE DID WHAT HE DID WITH REGARD TO BASICALLY DECIDED THERE WAS NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AND AT THE SAME TIME NOT PROVIDING ANY DETAILS IN THE REPORT OR UNDERLYING FINDINGS. I THINK SPECIAL COUNSEL MUELLER WILL LIKELY BE INTERVIEWED AS WELL. > > SAFE TO SAY THAT THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETELY UNIFIED ON HOW TO PROCEED IN TERMS OF THIS PRESIDENT, WHETHER THE INVESTIGATION, THE POLITICS OF AND THE RHETORIC CANDIDLY. HOW DO YOU ENSURE THE CAUCUS STAYS UNIFIED? > > I THINK THE CAUCUS HAS BEEN UNIFIED ON AT LEAST ONE POINT, WHICH IS WE HAVE TO CONTINUE WITH OUR OVERSIGHT MISSION. INVESTIGATIONS ARE ONGOING WITH REGARD TO DIFFERENT ISSUES, IN SOME CASES HAVING NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS PARTICULAR INVESTIGATION. I THINK WE ARE UNIFIED ON THAT POINT AT LEAST. > > HOW MUCH DO YOU WORRY ABOUT BEYOND YOUR DISTRICT PEOPLE BLAMING THE MEDIA, BLAMING YOU FOR CONTINUING TO GO SOMEWHERE THAT THIS HAS BEEN SETTLED. WE SAW THE REPORT. WE NEED TO MOVE ON TO OTHER ISSUES. > > IF WE SAW THE REPORT, THAT WOULD BE ONE THING. THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE REPORT, AND THERE ARE SO MANY OPEN QUESTIONS MEANS OUR WORK IS NOT DONE. WE ALSO HAVE TO DELIVER ON POCKETBOOK PRIORITIES OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. THAT IS WHY ON THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, ON WHICH I SAID, WE ARE -- SIT, WE ARE PURSUING PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICE REFORM, THE -- WE ARE INVESTIGATING THE POSSIBLY OF THIS PESTIS BASED TALK ABOUT HER. ASKED BEST DOSE > > TO THAT EXACT POINT, HOW MUCH DO YOU WORRY ABOUT THE HYPER PARTISANS HIP THAT COMES IN THE WAKE OF THIS REPORT LIMITING YOUR ABILITY TO GET THINGS DONE? > > I AM ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT PARTISANSHIP IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WE HAVE AN OVERSIGHT ROLE. I KNOW THE PRESIDENT CALLS IT HARASSMENT, BUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ELECTED US TO BE IN THE MAJORITY IN THE PAST ELECTION PRECISELY TO SERVE AS A CHECK AND BALANCE ON THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. WHILE AT THE SAME TIME TRYING TO DELIVER ON THOSE POCKETBOOK PRIORITIES, SUCH AS TRYING TO LOWER THE COST OF HEALTH CARE, CLEAN UP CORRUPTION IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ' S PAY RISES AND DOESN ' T REMAIN FLAT. > >

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