oversight of the president and the trump administration. that responsibility has been resoundingly affirmed again and again, making absolutely clear that the house has a responsibility to follow the facts, uncover the truth for the american people. yesterday, deutsche bank ruling concluded, and i quote, put simply, the power of congress to conduct investigations is inherent in the legislative process. and in the mazars case on monday, the judge declares there can be little doubt that congress' interest in the accuracy of the president's financial disclosures falls within the legislative sphere. but the president's priority is his personal and political interests, not the public interests. yesterday, as you know, democrats went to the white house prepared to offer the president the opportunity to launch an historic infrastructure initiative. we had met three weeks before. the idea that it was a good, positive meeting, on how we