said it, i think the best thing to do is to let robert mueller do his job. i think the best vindication for the president is to let the investigation go on independently and thoroughly. that to me is the smartest thing to do, the best thing to do, and that's what i think hopefully will happen. >> on the budget, you guys are running into issues like you did last year with disagreements over -- number and some members are talking about -- [ inaudible ] -- on health care. do you think you can get a real budget resolution that lays out your priorities and what other accomplishments -- >> yeah, so the question's about the budget. remember, with a new president in the first year, you always have an abbreviated budget season. that's just the way budgeting with a new administration works. so we always knew that we had a constricted budget in appropriations season. we're having debate right now about how much we can assist the pentagon and the military. so, it's not a question of more resources for the military. it's just a question of the degree of how much more resources we can dedicate to the military. that's really what this big debate is about, and then we're going to have the kind of debate