reveal or discover that the special counsel with all of that power isn't? >> our job is to tell the american people how russia was able to pull this off, understand what the u.s. government response was so that we can prestlent from happening again. mueller can find all the crimes in the world but that doesn't fix vulnerabilities that we have in our election systems, our ability for the federal government to assist the states or duty to report laws that probably need to go into place that would require individuals if they're contacted by foreign nationals to report that to the fbi so there's a lot we can do from what we've learned that bob mueller doesn't have the authority do and -- which he's not being asked to do. >> congressman, before i let grow, a two-parter for you. will the government be open come midnight tomorrow night? the second part of that, will it include some protection for d.r.e.a.m.ers? >> i hope yes to both. certainly keeping the government open while federal workers toil away for our safety and the troops who serve abroad, that has to be a priority but i won't