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We passed this law to give congress authority after they were engaged in bribery and congress couldn't get the tax returns of the people who were committing fraud. that's why we passed these laws. you have something similar going on now. the administration is passing massive tax cuts. we need to know what the of in >> i hear you talking about conflicts and about getting people the information. i wonder if you think that some of the emphasis on the crimes, some of them proven and all the intrigue around the mueller probe is distracted from i guess what you're saying and from some democrats argu...

Congress, or can he just proceed now and take action, military action against assad? >> well, i think the president's speech and the evidence and information that members have collected in classified briefings has brought a lot of the members around to the idea that if this diplomatic solution doesn't work, then a strike is warranted. i spoke to a number of members who changed their minds after we've had this development and realize that this development on a political and diplomatic solution wouldn't be there without the threat of a strike. president obama certainly has the authority to issue...

Clearly, with as much notice and tv blare as we have on this, they're going to enter a phase of trying to hide some of it. they're going to enter a phase of denial and deception of how much and what they had. all of this is going to happen and is happening. at the same time, our number one national security interest is can we stop and control the flow of those chemical weapons, stop their use now, and stop them from falling into the hands of either hezbollah, which is there, a terrorist organization, or al qaeda, which we know is really heavy populated out in it the east that wants to get thei...

There are serious doubts about whether he would carry through. on a much harder issue, the iran issue. in damascus, they want to -- they think they have found, i assume, a ploy to keep america from bombing, which is to say, let's just talk about moving our chemical weapons out forever. so you have different reactions in different places. but we're in a pause right now. we're in a real strategic pause. >> well, the question i have, mark, is there a real threat of force if we now know that if he had a vote in congress now, he would lose and lose probably the rest of his second term? dmesing agen...