it's interesting she did not bring it up as soon as she heard the allegations. alluding to the clarence thomas hearing, joe biden the chairman of the committee referred that to the white house so the fbi could investigate it. the committee is in a position to investigate this. we have begun this and reached out to dr. ford and judge kavanaugh to do routine background calls. the staff would join the majority staff on these calls and they refuse to participate. >> shannon: you all on the committee accident -- democrats and republicans have staffers to complete the investigation. are you saying that the democrats are not engageing in the investigation or not joining in what you are doing? >> they haven't participated in this. chairman grassley led a transparent process. as soon as he heard about these allegations sunday, he moved to