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Takes chrome of war making powers, that we don't rely, on the case of the afghanistan war, the iraq war, on a congressional mandates that come back from 2001, i know going forward my committee, the intelligence committee, has started a deep dive into what went right and what went wrong in terms of our exit in afghanistan. i supported getting out but clearly there were lessons learned. let's have congress and both parties step up and do a better job of executive oversight. >> my old president likened the current surge of or proliferation of domestic extremists to the terrorists who attacked thi...

Still the same window. ironically, joe biden's number is exactly the same as where it was. we are just stuck sort of in this rut. now, to be fair, one thing has changed, more people think these are serious allegations. >> yes. >> but look, i think -- the democrats ought to think long and hard about impeachment, because they are going down this road of impeachment inquiry and let me just say from the outset that congress has a serious job for congressional -- for executive oversight and they should continue these investigations to find out what went wrong, but usually it's the political team an...

We have the ability to get witnesses and get documents that we need to conduct our investigations. if we allow the executive branch to simply deny us witnesses or deny documents, the executive s branch will be allowed to extinguish executive oversight. that cannot happen. people cannot defy lawfully issued subpoenas. we're really running on two tracks. we'll begin a series of hearings before the senate judiciary gi committee. at the same time we'll move forward on contempt proceedings to compel the attendance of oc witnesses and the production ofm documents. that's what the vote will be next w...

The committee and all the members of the democratic caucus believe that it's critical that we have the ability to get witnesses and get documents that we need to conduct our investigations. if we allow the executive branch to simply deny us witnesses or deny documents, the executive branch will be allowed to extinguish executive oversight. that cannot happen. people cannot defy lawfully issued subpoenas. we're really running on two tracks. we'll begin a series of hearings before the senate judiciary committee. at the same time we'll move forward on contempt proceedings to compel the attendance...

There and say, well, any type of executive oversight is somehow overreaching and overbearing and harassment, is laughable. >> ryan, do you see it as a circumstance in which that could backfire on democrats should they go down this path of investigation? >> it's possible. i think it's true that when the public sees the investigative apparatus of congress used in ways that seem overly partisan or unfair, then yeah, mcconnell has a point that there has in history been a backlash against that. but look, this is an administration that's had two years of sort of a blank check from congress when it c...