republican president controlled by a republican senate. you have made thousands in donations to republican candidates, i trust is you because you check your beliefs at the door, and you're doing your job, and in fact, when you interview agents to hire, you can't ask them if they are a democrat, republican, whether you should hire them. isn't that right? >> that is correct. i will say, congressman, that i take very seriously our obligation to do our jobs apolitically, independently, and objectively no matter who likes it, either side. i the say that we don't subject our agents to political litmus tests. i will also say that we expect our agents to check their opinions, as you said, at the door, not unlike -- not unlike in this system judges all around the country who have their own political views that range across the spectrum and sometimes hold them deeply or juries that have all kind of views or doctors that hold all kind of views. all of them are entitled to have those views. but -- but we need them to check