as judge kavanaugh. and then the committee meeting. and then the floor consideration. then the final vote. several stages ahead. and each of these witnesses who will appear before us on thursday will be under oath to tell the truth. i tho i hope that they do and i hope that we come to a conclusion. in terms of investigati in terms of future investigations, i don't want to go there. >> one other future question. if democrats win the senate, are you open to bringing back the filibuster? because a lot of us believe if the filibuster -- if it was a 630 on vote threshold, this would be a different process. >> interesting. a republican senator this morning in the gym raised the same question with me. and i said i think that we're learning our lesson here. that eliminating the fill luster on the supreme court and maybe other federal court positions has really created a much more political process. it is better for us to move toward something that is