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National dialogue, congressman foster? >> well, i think that a lot of this depends on the details of exactly what was asked. and i think, again, we just need to get -- we need to get more of the details on what was requested. i'm also very concerned about what giuliani has apparently done in acting as the president's lawyer and directly contacting the ukrainian officials. >> right. which is a little unusual. right? because rudy giuliani, congresswoman dingell, is the president's personal lawyer and a lot of the appearances we've seen from him on tv have been related to what the president did a...

And the administration blocked, sending what they found to the country. what is this administration hiding? if there's nothing to hide, they should have sent that last week. we'll see what happens on thursday. but this is just very deeply disturbing. and no, none of us that have been sworn to protect this united states of america should be able to turn a blind eye to what's happening here. >> congressman adam schiff said yesterday that this becomes a different conversation, this is not just about the president seeking help in diminishing a political opponent, but it also has to do with the ide...

What does that mean? you're having this meeting with caucus members tomorrow. do you do something ahead of that? do you tell somebody? >> i told leadership tonight that i was going to be talking about this tonight. and you know, if you read "the new york times," you heard i was going in that direction. but i probably talked to 30 or 40 members in the last 48 hours. there are a lot of members that are deeply disturbed about what is happening. and by the way, we stilt have to make sure. richard nixon created the epa. he went to china. title ix. he did a lot of things as this investigation was go...

And by the way, we still have to make sure. richard nixon created the epa. he went to china. title ix. he did a lot of things as this investigation was going on. we still have the responsibility to lower drug prices for our constituents, to get a trade deal that's going to help the striking uaw workers. but we have a moral responsibility to protect our constitution. and our job is to protect our national security. >> and when you call for an investigation, in your mind is that the same as an impeachment investigation? >> it's the same thing, yes. >> representative foster, thank you for joining...