Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110125:23:51:00
Essentially consult on subpoenas and seek a vote where necessary. chairman icea refused to do that, and yet in the committee, when we went back and forth, he said indeed it was his every intention to consult. he said that except when it was impractical, as over recesses or impossible, if that's the case, why not engage in the same repartee with the ranking member to clarify the rules as before. you don't start out when you're trying to separate yourself from the burton era, where they subpoenaed the white house 1,200 times, when you're trying to create the allure of fairness by picking a fight...