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Big. they were fake poll either put out by the corrupt media, because much of the media in this country unfortunately is corrupt, but we have some internal polling, very little and its unbelievably strong. the strongest ive ever been is exactly today. >> why does it bother you so much? >> because its untrue. i like the truth. im the actually a very honest guy. if i thought they were correct i wouldnt be complaining at all. . >> all right, everybody. still ahead the house oversight committee plan...

Senate to convict him, you need two-thirds of the senate, 67 vote, but i certainly think that the american people need to understand what this president has done, his contempt for the law, and i think that is the process we undertake when we begin an impeachment inquiry. >> in the speech today, you talk about the 21st century economic bill of rights and you harken back to fdr and -- or kind of pitching this as a continuation of fdrs legacy and even martin luther king jr. can you explain how this...

There. i believe were making good progress on oversight. our -- our chairmen are doing a great job. im so proud of them. the -- winning in the courts and winning documents from the justice department with the thought of contempt or following up on subpoenas. and were going to get the truth for the american people so that they can know what the attack is on our country, what the president refused to do about it, and what he engaged in to cover up what was done. theres so many things happening, i ...

I have confidence in our committees. im a big believer in the committee system, let the members do the investigating and the rest and make the recommendations. its a very sad thing. the attorney general of the united states lied under oath to the congress of the united states, but thats not even why he was held in contempt. it was because of his refusal to obey a subpoena. its all about -- >> what happens when -- the department of justice is not going to enforce anything you ask of them against ...

Cooperate. >> reporter: there have been more than 200 democratic requests for information with at least 28 subpoenas, including for trumps tax returns, for records about his immigration policies, and about why the citizenship question was added to the 2020 census. democrats have taken some steps to retaliate. such as moving to hold two cabinet officials in contempt over the census probe. >> they give you information that has been redacted. then they send you blank pages. >> reporter: white house...

Receive this information knowing that its against the law. i think now hopefully everybody knows its against the law so that particular issue will be put to bed, but certainly the first issue has to be addressed and clarified. >> i want to ask you about what you did on the committee yesterday where you voted to hold commerce secretary wilbur ross in contempt as well as attorney general bill barr because of this citizenship question they would like to add to the 2020 census. so what does that mea...

United states of the united states says its a hoax, a hoax. the president of the united states should be the one taking the lead to look into what happened there. instead hes saying they could do it again. theres something very wrong with this picture. so in any event, the facts, the truth, whats right for our country in the most unifying way, not dividing way. >> the attorney general has been held in contempt by a house committee. there are two paths you can do down. the house can vote criminal...

Many of which they had denied even existed. in this case the attorney general is turning over documents. he is tucker over virtually everything they have asked for as did the department of commerce, so, you know, they are holding him in contempt while taking yes for an answer. we held eric holder in contempt because no was the only answer he could give us. >> kennedy: can i ask quickly about that so obviously the former attorney general was stonewalling you is william barr having a conversation ...

This is not what the census was designed to do. >> lisa: the president firing back on twitter saying house committee now plays the seldom used contempt card on our great ag and secretary of commerce. this time on the census. dems play a much tougher game than the republicans did when they had the house majority. republicans will remember. this has already been argued before the u.s. supreme court but the house doesnt want to wait. the supreme court is expected to weigh in on the census debate by...

>> shannon: one house wont turn over to house democrats documents about the citizens question on next years census. >> the house oversight committee voted to send a contempt resolution for attorney general william barr and secretary of commerce wilbur ross to the full house after the administration asserted executive privilege over census records. >> this begs the question, what is being hidden? >> when we rush to hold people in contempt, it has a chilling effect on anybody wanted to go the extr...