it is not previously. mr. chairman. >> in light of these actual. >> no, no, no. >> everyone -- everyone will suspend. you told the gentlemen he could briefly. >> he has not finished answering. >> we will now turn to the gentlemenwoman from washington, d.c. for her questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. in order to allow this witness continue. let me ask, let me ask questions. you are a senior. and experienced person f. that is not right? >> i would consider myself a senior and experience the yes.ers, >> now, you had been involved in investigation of the last election involving hillary and donald trump at the highest level. that is not the case? highest level by that i had interagos with those cases with the deputy director staff of the department of justice, yes. >> ta is what i mean. now. reading from your phone and your, and it occurcial phone did personalat your political messages if they became public may be misinterpreted in light of the the investigation? >> congresswoman, to be very honest. i didn't ant

>> i am not. >> mr. strzok, in a footnote, 197 of the inspector general's report it's noted quote supervision of the russian investigation was transitioned from strzok to another counter intelligence team. why were you transitioned from the russia investigation in early 2017? >> sir, let me see if i can answer that question without getting into operational detail. the investigation was brought -- what russia was doing against our country encompassed a variety of thing. there were actions in the cyber arena, actions by their agents and intelligence service, there were actions by subjects of investigation that are currently ongoing. the prospect of how the fbi would investigate that was a multi-tiered effort. so some of those efforts that traditionally fell into line that with other d.a. d. and their scope of responsibility were moved to their supervision. >> so, the footnote goes on to state quote, however a. d. precept told us to keep strzok involved in the investigation and he was reassigned. do you kno

>> i am not. >> mr. struct in a footnote, 197 of the inspector general's report, it is noted that supervision of the russia investigation was briefly transitioned from struct to another counterintelligence division, dad, in early 2017. why were you transitioned from the russia investigation in early 2017? >> let me see if i can get into that without getting into operational detail. the investigation was brought, what russia was doing to our country encompassed a lot of things. there were actions by subjects of investigation that are currently ongoing. the prospect of how the fbi would investigate that was a multi tiered effort. some of those efforts, that traditionally fell into line with the other dad and then -- their span of scope responsibility, were moved to their supervision. >> the footnote goes on to state that 80 pre-step told us that fbi leadership decided to keep struck involved in the russia investigation, and she was therefore reassigned back to it. do you know who fbi leadership decided to

of course, this does not include mr. manafort himself who is scheduled to begin his criminal trial later this summer. he is sitting in solitary confinement after allegedly engaging in witness tampering. this also does not include michael cohen, the president's long-time lawyer. at this moment, he may be considering whether to cooperate with special counsel. at the year chairman gowdy said that if the special counsel has evidence of a crime, he should submit it to the grand jury. as chairman gowdy himself said, if you are innocent, act like it. today i urge our chairman to change course and to keep their promises to protect the integrity of the special counsel's ongoing investigation and instead of asking hundreds of questions that undermine it, to work with them. with that, mr. chairman, i yield back. >> we welcome our witness, and mr. strzok, if you would please rise i'll begin by swearing you in. do you swear that the testimony that you are about to give shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so

it's not a point of order. >> that's not a ruling. >> mr. strzok. >> mr. chairman i insist on my point of order. >> mr. strzok -- >> point of order, mr. chairman. i believe there's a point of order that's been raised. we have a right -- >> it is not a valid point of order. >> point of order, mr. chairman. >> mr. strzok. mr. chairman i appeal the ruling of the chair you have just made on whether you -- >> you have not stated a valid point of order. >> it is your ruling and i appeal it. >> that is not an appealable. >> point of order, yes, it is mr. chairman. appealing the ruling of the chair is exactly what he's requesting. he's appealing it. that requires a vote to either sustain it or overrule it. >> the gentlemen from new york has not cited a rule of the house that is being violated. therefore, it is not a point of order. >> that's your ruling. >> mr. chairman, mr. chairman, is it not appropriate to also interject the attorney/client privilege, which could not be over ridden, and is a rule of the house to the extent that -- >> -- to an attorney/client pr

>> i am not. >> mr. strzok, in a footnote 197 of the inspector general's report, it is noted that, quote, supervision of the russia investigation was briefly transitioned from strzok to another counterintelligence division d.a.d. in early 2017. why were you transitioned from the russia investigation in early 2017? >> sir, let me see if i can answer that question without getting into operational detail. the investigation was brought. what russia was doing against our country encompassed a variety of things. there were actions in the cyber arena, actions by their agents and intelligence services, actions by subjects of investigation that are currently ongoing. the prospect of how the fbi would investigate that was a multitiered effort and so some of those efforts that traditionally fell into line with that other d.a.d. and their span and scope of responsibility were moved to their supervision. >> so the footnote goes on to state that, quote, however a.d. prestapp told us fbi leadership decided to keep strz

>> i am not. >> mr. strzok, in a footnote 197 of the inspector general's report, it is noted that, quote, supervision of the russia investigation was briefly transitioned from strzok to another counterintelligence division d.a.d. in early 2017. why were you transitioned from the russia investigation in early 2017? >> sir, let me see if i can answer that question without getting into operational detail. the investigation was brought. what russia was doing against our country encompassed a variety of things. there were actions in the cyber arena, actions by their agents and intelligence services, actions by subjects of investigation that are currently ongoing. the prospect of how the fbi would investigate that was a multitiered effort and so some of those efforts that traditionally fell into line with that other d.a.d. and their span and scope of responsibility were moved to their supervision. >> so the footnote goes on to state that, quote, however a.d. prestapp told us fbi leadership decided to keep strz

mr. powell: we're, as you know, we're not -- mr. pearce: if you could speak more directly into the microphone, i'd appreciate it. mr. powell: we're not responsible for investor protection. mr. pearce: it's the rate of return on simple investments. the rate of return on passbook savings or money markets. that's the question. mr. powell: we kept rates low for a long time, we they -- we think that's had a positive effect on the economy, boosted employment. it's been tough for seniors who have -- who are really relying on their p passbook savings for interest. but overall for the economy, it's been a good thing. rates are going up now. because -- to reflect the strength of the economy. o that should be helping some. mr. pearce: as we talk about the labor force participation rate, we're noting a lot of skill atrophy, people who have been on different public assistance programs for some time actually don't have much skills. so as the president talks , he talks about the apprenticeship programs. have you all taken a close look at how the a

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mr. pickles: i'm not lawyer. i understand sunned section 230 we're protected. >> so, if section 230 covers you and that section says no provider or using of interactor certificate vuss should be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another, is it your contention that twitter enjoys a first amendment right under speech while at the same time enjoying section 230 rights? mr. pickles: the thing we used was the first amendment in temples our k as private companies we enforce our rules. our rules prohibit a range of activities. >> i'm asking about whether or not you believe you have first amendment rights? you either do or do not? mr. pickles: somebody who is not the lawyer. >> you are the senior public policy -- official for twitter before us. and you will not answer the question whether or not you believe your company enjoys rights under the first amendment? mr. pickles: i believe we did. i would like to confirm. >> what i understand is i enjoy rights under the first amendment, and i'm

i do not need an exact number. mr. kavanaugh: most of the candidates that governors recommend usually come with the proper appreciation of the judicial role. are occasions where people have a different philosophy or someone might be interviewed who does not seem to recognize the distinction, which is critical, between the policymaking role and the judicial role. sen. schumer: but you would never use the words too liberal, too conservative? or would you? mr. kavanaugh: i think to activist. too schumer: you would say activist. mr. kavanaugh: if someone does not understand the judicial role , the president has made clear to us, to the american people, he is looking for people who are -- who believe in judicial restraint. that person would not fit with the president told us to look for. sen. schumer: you would say someone was too activist. sen. specter: that is what you're saying, mr. kavanaugh. can you give him another yes? mr. kavanaugh: yes, that is what the president said -- sen. schumer: one more question. were there

mr. strzok: absolutely not. veryu had several disparaging text messages with your friends about this but you didn't let's think that maybe someone out should have taken this case? mr. strzok: no, sir. i didn't especially care for president clinton and i investigated that is effectively as anything out. >> i have struggled listen to testimony because i think abandon your position and power in the two should have but that people should have for you because of your position in the fbi that you would have stopped to think that maybe there was someone who could do a better job they did not have such disdain for this president to you claim to be such a patriot, but once he was elected, you continue to do this and i think you have to set that elections have consequences, but i will yield the balance of my time to the chairman. >> i thought you did not recall typing it, ending you said you recall it was late at night and that somehow mitigated the content of what you typed. so do you recall it, or was it late at night,

he did not dispute mr. putin's account. made it clear that the russian probe in the united states is a witch hunt, and therefore discredited our own investigations in our country . he sided with mr. putin's accounts of what is happening. he did not use the opportunity to speak out about mr. putin's aggressive behaviothin ukraine anu.s. elections. no, mr. trump jeopardized the u.s. foreign policy, national curity, u.s. leadership. it was a dark moment for the united states. katty: you are a ranking member on the senate foreign relations committee. you have seen a iot of informabout the state of russian relations and activitied around the w. riuld you agree with president trump's charaction that during the course of four hours, he managed to take the america-russia relatiorship from the it has ever been to something much better? sen. cardin: we certainly want a relationship with russia, but we want it on our terms, not mr. putin's terms. we have got to be very clear that russia is an adversary. they have violated the sovereig

is that not your statement? is not that your opinion? mr. cox: i think that is how you are interpreting it, sir. rep. higgins: reinterpreted, please. do you think more supervisors should get fired or not? mr. cox: i think they should be held accountable, and it is an accountability law. rep. higgins: if they are held accountable, should there be accountability? does that sometimes include being fired? mr. cox: yes, sir, with a due process. rep. higgins: the employees who have been fired, have they all not, in their hiring process, their training, their certifications been clarified and documented in the hiring process? whatever their position within received have they not extensive training and certification for their particular job? mr. cox: we would certainly hope so, but i would go back -- rep. higgins: it is a matter of law -- mr. cox: i would go back and look at the director of phoenix -- rep. higgins: it is a matter of law that qualified officials fill these positions. so the lack of a current performance improvement program, what coul

comey, who was appointed by mr. trump, he is not a democrat. i happen to know that robert mueller is not a democrat. so these are not political decisions made by political operatives. they should be following the evidence. and i would just like to note that if you had wanted to harm and interfere with the election of president trump, you could have leaked information that the investigation was ongoing. but none of that came out. as a matter of fact, we asked the leaders of the department of just and the fbi about whether there was an investigation of mr. trump prior to the election and we were told they could not comment on it, which was in fact the appropriate response. you should not comment on a going investigation. if you find something, you have an indictment. if you don't find something, you say nothing. that's where mr. comey erred. he violated that policy and he damaged the campaign of one of the candidates. and the rest is history. so i just think that this hearing, this extraordinary hearing, i've been here, a member of congress for 2

meanwhile mr not consumer has arrived in the foothills of mount fuji where he i'm sorry but about to have a photo shoot. which is on the. only moral he was able to. i told him good to hold. the old. me. then. took a look at. join me every first day on the alec simon chill and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. what a whole existence to do something to. put themselves on the lawn. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or injury. or somehow want to preserve. it's a right to be for us this is what before us three in the morning can't be good that i'm interested always in the waters of my. question. they gave us national camera. roughly once they showed some appeal for them. to joan cool videos and sell them with the roughly string i have to. find out more on string i don't rightly don't t.v. . miss america is married but he lives with dolls and not as a wife. she's here as usual at the agreed time maybe it's out of habit or lingering worry about a husband but she still helps with his household ch

mr. wray: of course not. congressman: how does an individual continue to stay on an investigation when you have a polygraph test that is out of scope, how is this individual cap thin and investigative role when there was a sensitivity factor of possibly lying or now we know, bias. mr. rosenstein: we are -- mr. wray: we are going to old people accountable and follow our policies strictly. that does not include me commenting on pending matters involving those people. i want people held accountable but i want to make sure it is done right and by the book, and i'm not going to do it any other way. congressman: i understand that. this needs to finish appropriately. appropriately, and what does it look like? mr. collins, i apologize, i misunderstood, you asked about department policies. if you are discussing whether to issue a subpoena, that may be what you had in mind in discussing process. in terms of process, and so, if would do es arose, we an appropriate review as to what and we s of the law are would make an

you're asking mr. strzok not to what the inspector general said not to do, mr. strzok, if you answer these questions are you concerned that the inspector general can investigate you? >> certainly that's possible. i'd be more worried about the impact of the ongoing investigation. >> i understand. it's a ridiculous position to put you in. the inspector general explained in this nearly 600 page report that the mistake director comey made was discussing the ongoing steps the fbi was taking in the hillary clinton investigation. here's what we've heard today we feel heard it from the chairman, from my colleagues, you've got two choices. you can ignore the fbi's policy that has been put in place to protect these investigations. i'll ask you about that in a second. you can answer the questions and maybe trigger an ig report or you don't answer those questions and maybe we hold you in contempt. now, can you just again since this has been a really long day explain why it's important not to interfere with ongoing criminal matters? >> there are a variety and i'm sure i won'

wray who was appointed by mr. trump who was not a democrat, mr. comey, who was appointed by mr. trump, he's not a democrat. i happen to know that robert mueller is not a democrat. so these are not political designates made by political operatives. they should be following the evidence. i just would like to note that if, you if you had wanted to harm and interfere with the election of president trump, you could have leaked information that the investigation was ongoing. but none of that came out. as a matter of fact, we asked the leaders of the department of justice and fbi about whether there was an investigation of mr. trump prior to the election and we were told they could not comment on it, which was, in fact, the appropriate response. you should not comment on an ongoing investigation if you find something, you have an indictment, if you don't find sorry you say nothing. that's where mr. comey erred. he violated that policy and damaged the campaign of one of the candidates and the rest is history. so i just think that this hearing's extraordinary hearing, i've been here a me

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mr. blankfein: it's not my style. what you want to show is if you want to give somebody an incentive to see the world from your point of view, it doesn't help to remind them of your negotiating position if it is a better one. and the fact is if we go tit for tat, by the time you get to 100, they run out of things to apply and we don't. if you want to make that point, you make that point. that is what you would do if you are crazy and really wanted to end free trade. and that is what you would do if you wanted to show your negotiating counterparty how much firepower you had to bring the negotiation -- to the negotiation. which one is it? mr. micklethwait: do you think donald trump is a protectionist? he dislikes nafta. lloyd: rosencrantz and -- mr. blankfein: rosencrantz and guildenstern, you cannot even play this lute and you want to play me? you are asking me what i would do in his place. i am certainly not sure what he would do in his place. but if you ask me, can i give a narrative about how this is a useful thing

not badger mr. strzok. >> the gentleman's point of order is not well taken. >> it is right on point. >> no, it is not. mr. strzok, are you objecting to the question and if so please state your objection. >> mr. chairman, two things one i do not believe i'm here under subpoena but here voluntarily. secondly, i will not based on direction of the f.b.i. to me, based on that i will not answer that question. because it goes to matters which are related to the ongoing investigations being undertaken by the special counsel. >> mr. strzok you have not stated a valid legal basis for not responding to a question directed to you by a member of the united states house of representatives and you are overruled. >> point of order, mr. chairman. >> let me continue. your testimony is essential to this hearing and to our oversight and information gathering functions with regard to the actions taken and decisions made by the department of justice and the federal bureau of investigation in 2016 and 2017. i'm specifical

orr did not hand you the dossier? >> mr. orr didn't hand me anything. mr. orr provided information to the fbi that included material that's what everybody is calling the dossier. >> say that again. mr. orr provided what. >> he provided some elements of reporting that my understanding is originated from mr. steele. >> so bruce orr did give the fbi information relative to the dossier? >> yes. >> and another source in mid september gave you personally -- >> no. >> you the fbi information relative to the dossier. >> i never personally received dossier. the fbi in mid september, the first time i am aware of the fbi having that information, the first entitlementtime i saw it september. that came into the fbi. that's when i became aware of it and first read it. >> one more time. bruce orr gave the fbi documents relating to and supporting or part of the dossier, is that accurate? >> mr. orr gave the fbi documents that included material i believe originated from mr. steele. >> thank you. >> the gentleman may briefly answer the question the gentleman felt he didn't h

i can tell you i have not spoken to mr. simpson. >> you've not spoken to mr. simpson. >> i asked you that the first time. all right. i thank the chairman and i thank the gentleman from south carolina for yielding. i yield back to the gentleman. >> the chair would note that several of the questions asked by the gentleman were not answered by the witness on the advice of his counsel and i presume through the fbi and we will note those questions so that we can address them at a future time because i find it stunning that they are not allowing you to answer those questions, mr. strzok. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. gutierrez, for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. the chairman started this hearing by saying i wish this hearing wasn't necessary. well, sorry but i don't believe that. of course he wants this hearing and it isn't necessary. and i think there are hearings that are necessary. and we see them every day. there are 3,000 children separated from their moms and dads and the government doesn't know where their moms

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mr. chairman, thank you very much. it's not briefly. mr. chairman -- >> may the witness be permitted to answer. >> no, no. >> everyone -- everyone will suspends. i told the gentleman he could answer. >> he's not finished answering. >> we will now turn to the gentle woman from washington, d.c. for her questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. in order to allow this witness to continue, let me ask, let me ask a question. mr. strzok, you are a senior or were a senior and experienced fbi staff person, is that not right? >> i would consider myself a senior and experienced fbi staffer, yes. >> now, you had been involved in the mueller investigation of the last election involving hillary clinton and donald trump at the highest level, is that not the case? >> if you mean by highest level that i had interactions with those cases with the director and deputy director and senior staff of the department of justice, yes. >> that's what i mean. now, we've been reading from your personal phone and your -- and your official phone. did it occur to you that you

i can tell you i have not spoken to mr. simpson. not spoken to mr. simpson. i asked you that the first time. i thank you the chairman and the gentleman from south carolina, i yield back to the sent l mgentl. >> several of the questions asked by the gentleman were not answered ton advion the advise counsel. we'll note those questions so that we can address them at a future time because i find it stunning that they are not allowing you to answer those questions mr. strzok. the chair recognizes mr. gutierrez for five minutes. >> thank you very much. >> the gent leman started the hearing by saying i wish this hearing is not necessary. sorry, i don't believe. obviou of course he wants this hearing and it is necessary. there a there are 3,000 children separated from their moms and dads and the government don't know where they are and can't bring them together. that's something that the judicial committee should be investigating. we start a policy in this country where we ban, ban muslims from coming in and we make a religious test. sounds to me something that the c

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mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the ouse will come to order. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute for the purpose of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for the week to come. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. you are recognized. mr. hoyer: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield to my friend, the majority leader, mr. mccarthy from california. mr. mccarthy: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i'm thankful he's back with us. at times i wish you weren't as healthy as you are, jokingly. as i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks, mr. speaker, on monday the house will meet at noon for morning hour and :00 p.m. for legislative business. votes will be postponed until 6:30 p.m. mr. hoyer: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hoyer: the house is still not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to omplt please take your conversations off the floor. mr. mcc

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. >> you're not aware of any precedent for that? >> i am not. >> mr. strzok, in a footnote, 197 of the inspector general's report, it is noted that, quote, supervision of the russia investigation was briefly transitioned from strzok to another counterintelligence division, d.a.d., in early 2017. why were you transitioned from the russia investigation in early 2017? >> sir, let me see if i can answer that question without getting into operational detail. the investigation was brought. what russia was doing against our country encompassed a variety of things. there were actors in the cyberarena. actors by their agents and their intelligence services. there were actions by subjects of investigation that are currently ongoing. the prospect of how the fbi would investigate that was a multi-tiered effort. and so some of those efforts that traditionally fell into line with that other d.a.d. and their span and scope of responsibility were moved to their -- to their supervision. >> so the footnote goes on to state that, quote, however, a.d. preseptold us that f

orr did not hand you the dossier. >> mr. orr did not hand me anything. mr. orr provided information to the fbi that included material that everybody is calling the dossier. >> say that again. mr. orr provided what? >> some elements of reporting that my understanding is originated from mr. steele. >> so bruce orr did give the fbi information relative to the dossier? >> yes. >> sean: that pause was revealing. one of the explosive revelations during the marathon hearing. and congressman jim jordan. welcome to the club if you support donald trump. you had to know the lies, the smears against you are obviously a political attack. i'm sorry you're going through that. >> you've been through it. you know what it's like. so thank you. but today -- you're -- >> sean: i know it every day. it's all of us, anyone who supports the president. >> exactly right. >> sean: and i'm sorry you and your family have to go through that. >> think about that. the top doj official, bruce orr hands parts of the dossier to the fbi. and remember, bruce orr's wife nelle worked for fusion g

ryan: i'm not going to touch that. [laughter] mr. ryan: for the most part, yes. but what i worry about is we came of age when that was a fresh lesson and we were all steeped in it and now we are victims of our success and we got lazy and it's not being taught anymore. then you have the progressives pushing constantly and building the whole life of juliet. i forgot about that until i saw reference in your book which i'm excited about reading in the future. the progressives are out there pushing the other side which is emotionally attractive and appealing. and we conservative class of liberals took it for granted and not learning these lessons and look at our educational system and it's not going our way. again why we need to decentralize and school choice, why we need all these things to go back and legitimate it. and how our new challenge is the 21st century digital age we are n which makes it easier for us to revert back and not have this beautiful exceptional miracle, which is what we have to do. jonah: one of the things that makes stream court fights so ugly a

. >> you're not aware of any precedent for that. >> i am not. >> mr. strzok, in a footnote, 197, of the inspector general's report, it is noted that quote, supervision of the russian investigation was briefly transitioned from strzok to another counterintelligence division dad in earlier 2017. why were you transitioned from the russian investigation in early 2017? >> sir, let me see if i can answer that question without getting into operational detail. the, the investigation was brought. what russia was doing against our country encompass ad variety of things. there were actions in the cyber arena. actions by agents and intelligence services. there were actions by subjects of investigation that are currently ongoing. the prospect of how the fbi would investigate that was a multitiered effort. so some of those efforts traditionally fell into line with that other d-a-d, and their span and scope of responsible was moved to their division. >> the footnote goes on to state, ad prestep, decided to keep strzok involved in the russia investigation and rye assi

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. >> he did not hand you the dossier? >> mr. orrdid not hand me anything, he provided information to the fbi that included material is what everyone is calling the dossier. >> wait, wait. say it again, provided what? >> some elements of reporting that my understanding is originated from mr. steel. lou, a bombshell development, fox news chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge with more on the hearing. reporter: agent strzok claimed hearing is a victory for russia president, and those who want to tear america apartment he acknowledged his text-messages were used to attack the fbi's integrity. >> so help you god? reporter: sphro strzok is singlt for political bias. >> after months of investigation, there is no evidence of biased in my professional actions. reporter: republicans on house panel reject strzok's claims his 2016 text explained with lisa page were political opinions not anti-trump sentiment. >> agent strzok has a most unusual and largely self serving definition of bias. he thinks promising to protect the coun

mr. cleland: oh, no, not at all. if you heard the testimony in my comments that i submitted, written, that's not at all our position. our position is to have simplified systems so everyone can understand it. i believe everyone should know when they are going to be taxed, what taxes are owed. i believe merchants should be equally clear in that. i'm crazy old school. i believe in no taxation without representation. i believe the free market should be allowed to operate without hindrance of that confusion. finally, i do believe the state legislators should be empowered in most situations except in interstate commerce, as the commerce clause calls for, which is the jurisdiction of this congress. well, i thank the gentlemen and i thank you for your appearance today. with that i'll yield back. mr. goodlatte: the chair thanks the gentleman and recognizes the gentleman from ohio, mr. we chabot. mr. chabot: i want to commend you for putting together a very different and good points of view on an issue we've been struggling wi

you're asking mr. strzok to do exactly what the inspector general said not to do. exactly. mr. strzok, have you answered these questions that you've been asked about the investigation, are you concerned the inspector general could investigate you and issue a report like this one saying you shouldn't have done that? >> certainly it's possible. i'd be more worried about the john going investigation. >> i understand. the inspector general explained in this 600-page report that the mistake director comey made was discussing the steps the fbi was taken in the hillary clinton investigation. here's what we've heard today. we heard it from the chairman, we heard it from my colleagues. you've got two choices. you can ignore the fbi's policy that has been put in place to protect the investigations and you'll talk about that in a second and answer the questions in which case maybe you trigger an i.g. report, or you don't answer the questions and maybe we hold you in contempt. now, can you just again, since this has been a really long day, can you explain why it's important not to interfer

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mr. alexander: that would not be our decision, ma'am. the current mission assignment ends 18, august, for palaseco. the albacoa generator will be demobilized tomorrow night at midnight. ms. titus: all right. i want to be sure that's clear because it sounded like you wouldn't demobilize the other two, that there wasn't question about it. also, i'd now like to go back to the point we were making about animals. we know people are much more likely to leave a disaster area if they can take their pets or they know what's going to happen to them. but we saw in the last disaster, i think it's harvey, pet shelters -- ms. gardner, i am sure you are well aware -- all over texas were taking in rescue animals. they use fema resources to do that. yet, there's little or no reporting on how those funds were used. that's why mrs. comstock and i introduced a bipartisan bill called the pet aid act just to do minimum reporting. back to fema about how resources are used, how pets are reunited, how they're cared for. just seems common sense. i would ask the l

they just cannot find whether there was bias or not. and the -- moreover -- >> mr. chairman, regular order. >> they did not investigate the russian investigation in the i.g. report, so there's going to be still pending -- >> mr. chairman, the gentleman is out of time and yields back. i didn't hear a question. >> i don't agree. he was asking me whether i believed the i.g. report indicated there was an act of bias or not. >> they're afraid to hear you answer. i'd like to ask the witness be permit today answer the question. >> may i respond? >> sure. >> let's look at the facts of the laptop. facts of the laptop are within hours, literally less of four hours of learning of that laptop. i assigned agents to go in and check -- >> mr. chairman, that wasn't -- >> within a day they had done so. and these were folks unrelated to -- >> gentleman from idaho has yield it back. if you want to give a short response to a question, he does not believe he asked, you're welcome to do it, but just keep it short. >> speak clearly into the mic to raise the mic, please. >> absolutely. sir

wray, who was not a democrat, mr. comey who was appointed by mr. trump, he is not a democrat. i happen to know that robert mueller is not a democrat. these are not political decisions made by political operatives, they should be following the evidence. i just like to note that if you had wanted to harm and interfere with the election of president trump, you could have leaked information that the investigation was ongoing. none of that came out. we asked the leaders of the department of justice and the fbi about whether there was an investigation of mr. trump prior to the election and we were told they could not comment on it, which was in fact the appropriate response. you should not comment on an ongoing investigation. if you find something, you have an indictment. if you don't find something you say nothing. that's where mr. comey errored, he violated that policy and damage the campaign of one of the candidates and the rest is history. i just think that this extraordinary hearing, i've been a member of congress for 24 years, it's the first time we've had this kind of circus,