move for contempt referral to the justice department. >> it's ridiculous that he is now having refusing to answer questions about it. he needs to come in. if he defies the law, then i don't think we have a lot of choice but to refer this to the house to refer to the department of justice. >> we will evaluate whether, after he shows up or doesn't show up, what the next steps are. but clearly as the chairman and vice chair cheney indicated, we're prepared to hold him in contempt if he doesn't show. >> we get more now from cnn's ryan nobles on capitol hill. >> reporter: laura, chris tiechristine, the committee thought they made progress in their negotiations with meadows and his attorney for him to come forward and provide information about what he knew about the january 6 riots. he had already supplied them with thousands of documents, and