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Just saying im a racist. >> as someone who worked for the republicans when they were in the majority staff, government oversight, theres -- am i wrong that inthe republicans had a majority of the house, theres no way they call this for a vote? theres no vote censuring approval the only reason is democrats control whats to the floor and no one wants to vote against it. >> steve king, they dont need his vote for anything, they dont need him to move anything forward. their job is 100% obstruction o...

Supremacy again and what it was harkening back to was in charlottesville. you should be able to be held accountable for your racist policies and actions without just saying im a racist. >> as someone who worked for the republicans when they were in the majority staff, government oversight, theres -- am i wrong that if the republicans had a majority of the house, theres no way they call this for a vote? theres no vote censuring the only reason is democrats control whats to the floor and no one wa...

Those were statements taken by our majority staff. >> they are already in the record. >> yes. but they were taken by our majority staff. did minority separatists made? >> no. >> why not? >> you would have to ask of the them. >> did they choose not to participate? >> if i may, mr. chairman -- >> lets listen to senator feinstein. >> can we be excused? >> the witness is quite tired. >> if we can wait just a minute, i would like to thank dr. ford. >> in fact, we are going to continue this meeting. s...

Bloomenthal talked about. those were statements taken by our majority staff. >> they are already in the record. >> those statements were taken by our majority staff. did minority staff participate? >> no. >> why not? >> youll have to ask them. >> were they instructed not to participate? >> no. >> they chose not too? . >> thats right. >> if i could. i think i still have the floor. >> can we be excused? >> the witness is quite tired. >> if youd wait a minute, id like to thank dr. ford. >> were goi...

Any committee. it is truly outrageous behavior. >> well, also what mr. klune told me -- not to get too into the weeds here. you worked in these hal owed halls. you know how this worked. we spoke with the committee staff, i clarified with him he meant the majority staff. the staffers who are reporting to the chairman chuck grassley. we set up a time to have a call where we would discuss how my client is going to convey her information to the committee, under what circumstances, how this is going ...

Want that and apparently these negotiations having started and then republicans essentially not following through on these discussions, them saying they want all her information, but not necessarily to talk to her. i mean, the question about whats going to happen to her story and whether it will be investigated at all is absolutely completely up in the air and theyve already scheduled a vote on his nomination for the end of the week. >> what i heard attorney john klune tell you about the way the...

She -- he didnt even bring it up, it was leaked to the media so she wanted an fbi investigation, she did not bring it up a sincere these allegations, alluding to the clarence thomas hearing, joe biden, who was chairman of the committee at that time immediately referred that to the white house so the fbi could investigate it, the committee is in a position to investigate this, we have reached out to doctor ford and brett kavanaugh to do routine background calls. so far the ranking members staff w...

Our majority staff has been proceeding, and we called the hearing. to answer your question again, its the best answer i can give, poppy. its because it is the truth. i dont have enough information to answer your question about whether we should go further. i think we ought to have a hearing, and i think theres a reasonable possibility, given her past behavior, that dr. ford will change her mind again. >> uh-huh. i just have to -- if youre -- again, i dont want to take too much of your time. >> i...

The minority staff under senator feinstein refused to cooperate, so our majority staff went forward. we didnt hear back from dr. fords lawyers. so yesterday we met and said, okay, maybe she is concerned. "she" meaning dr. ford, about a public hearing. so we agreed to make the offer that, well, if you would rather do it privately, thats your call. i would prefer to do it publically because i think the american people have a right to hear both from dr. ford and judge brett kavanaugh. if she wants ...

Justice department, thats a horrible precedent. its been done i think once before. it was a mistake then. its a worse mistake now simply because i think the intent is to turn this information over to the trump legal team. chairman nunes, one of the gang of eight. >> hes the chairman of the house intelligence committee. >> thats right. i think was working hand in glove with the white house during the entire russia investigation. >> what are you alleging? what is he going to do? >> i think what he...