you have for him? >> transparent committee heari with director comey wld be valuable. i'm sure that my colleagues that serve on the committees would ask a number of tough questions about what he knew, what led along the way to his firing, but there are so many questions that we can start with, but what did he know and what ultimately led to the timing of the firing of director comey. that's the biggest aspect and troubling part of all of this, was the timing. the president was very justified once again in the firing of director comey, but the timing being suspect as it was, it would be good to ask director comey about what he knew that led to the timing. >> and are you concerned there may have been obstruction of justice here, something that your democratic colleagues on the hill are talking about? >> again, that's the opportunity that we have with director mueller's opportunity as a special counsel to get to the bottom of the matter, get to the facts. i'm very willing and patient to