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In a row. that's not the right course of action. >> one of the big hang-ups the biden administration has right now is that the vaccine isn't yet fully fda approved but that may soon change. >> i hope that it will be within the next few weeks. i hope it is within the month of august. if that's the case, you are going to see the empowerment of local enterprises giving mandates. that could be colleges, universities, places of business, a whole variety. and i strongly support that. >> we've also been told that it is possible the administration could withhold federal funds from places that continue...

Something that the senate would focus on. but it is hard to understand, everybody since mitch mcconnell does talk about russia interference and he says russia is a threat. the question is why has there been no action? and the idea that there isn't bipartisan work being done on this is simply not the case. one of the big hang-ups should be how involved should the federal government be in state election. this is a hot button. so that certainly is a sticking point. but in the big picture, the sense on the hill certainly among people like senator warren is that at the end of the day, mitch mcconne...

But you saw that mr. barr won't come before our committee because he is absolutely -- >> robert mueller may come before your committee. no date set for him to testify, though, at this point in time. what is the hold up? >> i know that there are conversations from judiciary staff directly with mr. mueller's staff. >> is it just logistics? what is your, what's your impression? what are you being told about what the hang up is? >> we know one of the big hang ups is the fact that the president a week ago now claimed a blanket privilege as we sat in committee we got a lettier stating that and secon...

Mouth is. so we're done with the tweets. what do you know about the health care -- what do you know about what's going on? do we know any of the details of what the president will be presenting? >> it would be easier to talk about health care if we actually knew what was in the bill. but as you noted it is really mitch mcconnell's strategy here to do this behind closed doors dealing with senators almost one by one at times but sometimes in larger groups to get to the 50 votes, if it's a tie, and using the vice president to break it that he needs to get this bill across the finish line. he is n...