identified some federal laws. let's remember, these are allegedly vindictive lane closures. there is not a federal statute that matches up for lane closures. this is not your garden variety. >> there is no federal law that says toll lane 23 must be opened to people from ft. lee, right, exactly. >> fair to say. >> that means, in other words, what you are saying is for them to have taken this act of furtherance, to issue binding subpoenas to people means that they, in order to get that far, they have to think that some federal law is implicated. that's a threshold issue for a serious federal inquiry. >> exactly. to be clear, though, there is a long road ahead, and this is not to say that there is any allegation that a law has been broken at this point. but to carry an investigation to say dime, for example, or someone is held criminally responsible, there are a lot of steps that need to take place before that hams. but certainly, issuing subpoenas is a serious development. it shows a widening investigation, that federal authorities are taking this