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Fbi? >> congresswoman, i'm not here to answer hypothetical questions. i'm here for an oversight hearing. i don't believe -- >> you have the responsibility of answering the question. would you have contacted the fbi if you were asked to take dirt on your opponents? >> congresswoman, if i was contacted by a foreign national or a foreign country when i was a candidate for the united states senate, i would have most likely reached out to the fbi, but it didn't happen so it's hard for me to answer your hypothetical question. >> with respect to civil rights, you have not under your jurisdiction pros...

By they? do you mean the ethics officials? >> i'm asking you what guidance did they recommend that you recuse yourself? so that's a question to you. did they recommend that you recuse yourself from any involvement in the criminal investigation into the world patent marketing? >> i am recused from the investigation into that cannot. >> what about any matter involving hillary clinton? it's been well documented of your public calls for renewed investigations into matters related to mrs. clinton. >> again, the -- any investigations into former secretary clinton, if they're open -- confirmation or ...

The advice is good nonetheless. chris wallace asked the president a question, did you know before you appointed him that he, meaning you, had a record that was so critical of robert mueller, and the president said, i didn't know that, i didn't know he took views on the mueller investigation. do you believe president trump was telling the truth when he said he just did not know that you were critical of mueller before your appointment? >> congressman, the -- >> i'm going to go back. i understand how it all worked. i'm just asking you if you believe the president was telling the truth when he sa...

Responses you think are consistent. did you talk to him about this issue at all? >> again, i'm not here to talk about the internal discussions that i have -- >> this is really critical. with all due respect, this is not an ongoing -- this has nothing to do with an ongoing investigation. what it has got to do with is mr. rosenstein and his -- in his role as an unbiased overseer of the mueller investigation. so it's not directly dealing with the investigation. it deals with his capacity to be unbiased. so i'm not asking whether -- i'm not trying to get into the substance or even the periphery. i...

Priorities, priorities like drug and human trafficking, preventing terrorism, reducing gun and gang violence. now, earlier this week my colleagues on the other side of the aisle indicated that they had a great desire to reduce gun violence in this country. in fact we had an eight-hour hearing with six witnesses that talked about the need to reduce gun violence in this country. we started this hearing at 9:30 this morning. it's now 12:30 in the afternoon. and i haven't seen you field a single question from the other side of the aisle about any of the enforcement priorities of the department of ...