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Feeling. >> how many terms have you served in the united states house of representatives? >> this is my fourth, but let's put in it context, chris. i was first elect today the statehouse of representatives in 1976, 43 years ago. and i've been out of public service more than in it. but i have been in and out of it my entire adult life. so this is actually the end of a very long journey of the privilege to engage in public service. >> congressman, it's really refreshing to hear someone speak this honestly about it. the sometimes seems like we're watching something very hard to watch go on with t...

Handful of people and while they were not able to or willing to speak up about it is what they felt in their heart. take a contributor carlos car bellow from florida who was defeated and he's pretty explicit in his criticism now he's been eliminated from the prospects of electoral punishment by a vindictive president. and i think he says what a lot of republicans who have departed voluntarily are thinking and feeling. >> how many terms have you served in the united states house of representatives? >> this is my fourth, but let's put in it context, chris. i was first elect today the statehouse ...

Views into consideration as we move forward in terms of honoring our constitutional oath. but at the end of the day as the speaker said it is not about the polls. it is about our constitution and defending our constitutional republic. that fundamentally is the work before us as a committee, as a congress, frankly as an american people. and so in my view that's the way we're taking this -- sort of the approach we're taking and the lens by which we're reviewing the work before congress, not through the polls. >> all right, thank you very much. >> thank you, chris. >> still to come the house inte...

Countries are not living up to their own promises. i guess my question to you is there's a world in which this essentially bolsters arguments for inaction you see from some republicans which is basically, look, everyone's going to cheat. china's going to cheat, india's going to cheat. why should we be the sucker and take the lead in cutting emissions? that's a great idea. the entire planet should go down in flames. >> look, it is a real tragedy that we have a president whose ignorance on this issue is not only impacting our country but the entire world. the united states should be leading the ...

Circumstances we find ourselves in. so as we talk about the need for the house to move forward and to treat this with a sense of urgency, to move expeditiously through the process, it is precisely because the president's conduct poses a real threat to the national security of our country in terms of the corruption and m.d. mining of our elections. and that is happening in realtime, and it is ongoing. so that is precisely why the house has taken this so seriously and why i think you've seen us move in such an expeditious fashion. >> are you watching the polls? >> i'm not. >> well, you're in a f...