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Different ways that you could hold an abusive executive accountable. that is going to be tomorrow's hearing. i think it is very educational for the american people and again the republicans now that they've seen this report, now that they've seen the ranking member on their side was possibly complicit in this, it is time to take a hard beat and ask yourself, do you want to go down that way or do you want to be part of the team republican and democratic that sought to restore the integrity of our democracy. >> congressman eric swalwell, thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. thanks wolf. >> ...

The democrats have their explanation for it, we need to do this but i think senator graham is onto something broader, that is we are dealing with the consequences of the united states, the give-and-take of foreign relations that doesn't justify bribery or whatever it is going to be characterized. the other thing is we are living in this culture of impeachment that everyone cries impeachment and we inherited this process from the mother country about the mother country hasn't employed impeachment for executive branch topped the servers and since the parliamentary system into centuries. we need ...

Holding the executive accountable. whistle-blowers are crucial to helping congress hold the executive accountable. congress, as they've said, can't be everywhere all the time, it's a big government, a lot going on and money moved around. they have said publicly multiple times we need whistle-blowers to be our eyes and ears within the federal government to expos wrongdoing, waste, fraud, mismanagement. they authored new legislation back in 2012 to enhance whistle-blower security because they were using a whistle-blower do a huge investigation if the was called fast and furious. it went for for ...

Tell me more about what you base it on. >> well, i think all of america has watched this heinous immigration policy that persecutes and has intentionally targeted people of color over the last three years play out and i just had an opportunity because i am a member of the oversight committee and member of a coequal branch of the government, much to the annoyance of mr. cuccinelli and the executive branch, to call out what has been evident in that this administration has an immigration policy based in white supremacist ideology. i had an opportunity to say it to his face and that was my respons...

It's a big charge that you made against ken cuccinelli. tell me more about what you base it on. >> well, i think all of america has watched this heinous immigration policy that persecutes and target people of color play out. i'm a member of the oversight committee, a member of a co-equal branch of the government, much to the annoyance of mr. cuccinelli, to call what has been evident. this administration has had an immigration policy based on a white supremacist ideology. all i did was had an opportunity to say it to his face. that's my responsibility as a member of a co-equal branch of governm...