you, senator, is this. i think it goes back to what i asked you about the justice department and whether it should be working as a functioning institution. are you going to do everything you can to block everything the president wants to do until this is rescinded or expires or will you work on other things? >> of course not. what we have asked for with both session and tillerson is they simply state their views. both of them have jurisdiction. one here in the overseas department and one here at home. don't you think -- aren't they obligated to tell us what they think of this ban and how they're going to enforce it if at all? that's really important. so we're not blocking for blocking sake. we are trying to -- we are trying to get to the bottom of something that's very serious and seems very wrong to so, so many americans. they did -- they put this in effect without an attorney general. if they felt it was so important they should have waited till he got there. it's only -- it's only a short period of time and for someo someone -- i heard someone on