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Not have this horrendous unprecedented policy. to the extent that the president is saying well we'll stop separating children if you give us a wall, children should not be pawns. negotiating pawns in a larger immigration debate. >> as we look at how both republicans -- i said this at the top. both republicans and democrats seem to have both issues and problems with regarding -- regarding immigration policy right now, for instance, a group of house republicans signing a discharge position in an effort to vote on daca itself. both sides seem to want to move forward in this very topic, but it's n...

Bipartisan efforts to force votes on a handful of immigration bills on the house floor are escalating. my next guest just added his name to that growing list of republicans. joining me now, republican tom reed of new york. congressman, nice to see you u thank you for joining me. you have released a statement, what is this about? >> well, we did. josh and i, my democratic colleague, we signed the discharge position together, to send a message it's time to solve this immigration issue with the dreamers, but also with regards to border security. there's a deal to be struck here. and by putting ou...

Of the investigation from the get-go. frankly, i was a little surprised we didn't get this stuff earlier. i do think it is appropriate in the context of the legitimate intelligence committee investigation that this information be provided to congress. if it isn't, we have a huge gap in our investigation. >> christine? >> -- your opposition to the discharge position. >> we have members who are backers of the discharge petition who are upset at the other members that brought down the farm bill over this issue. we clearly have members at opposite ends of the spectrum that are frustrated with one ...

You're asking me to speak to blanket possibilities, which i'm not going to do nor would i never ask you to do. john, go ahead. >> reporter: thank you, sarah. there's been considerable discussion back and forth about the tenure of speaker ryan, whether he will relinquish his gavel early and have a new election of a speaker before the elections. conservative lawmakers on capitol hill made it clear that they want ryan to stay, congressman warren davidson said that's unfair to the new members coming in and he also said that there should be a discharge position so members can have an up-and-down vo...

To do. john? sorry. one question at a time today. we are short on time. john? sorry. john, go ahead. >> thank you, sarah. there's been considerable discussion back and forth about the tenure of speaker ryan, whether he will relinquish his gavel early and have a new speaker before the elections. conservative lawmakers made it clear that they want ryan to stay. congressman warren davidson said that is unfair to the new members coming in. and he also said that there should be a discharge position so members can have an up and down vote on repeal of the affordable care act and immigration. does th...