to mess with our -- interfere with our elections and actually go to the very heart of the integrity of our elections. >> talk about the civil rights district. >> my district includes birmingham, the town of selma. >> all the history. >> montgomery, alabama, also includes tuscaloosa, and my district is proud of the fact, ordinary people have the temerity, audacity to make america live up to the ideals and in order to do that they fought, bled, marched for the right to vote. and i think that this president has using his own power, presidential power for political and personal gain is actually incredulous and frankly something that is worthy of an inquiry. >> maybe the reality doesn't matter. i said this many times, the essence of corruption in public life is taking public trust and trading it for private interest, and that's what we've got here. this guy the ambassador bill taylor over there saying this