this -- >> we have these great chairmen here who know so much. please. i'm going to start asking them questions. >> even after these hearings, the president said he's completely exonerated despite what mr. mueller said. what do these hearings really change? >> you give me the opportunity to say this and i invite my chairmen to close. we want to have the strongest possible case to make a decision as to what path we will go down. that is not endless in terms of time or endless in terms of the information that we want. but if it comes to a point where the cone of silence and the obstruction of justice and the cover-up in the white house prevents us from getting that information, that will not prevent us from going forward. in fact, it's even more grounds to go forward. my colleagues? >> i just want to echo that. you know, mueller said something