been through the media. has anything been communicated through your staff? did they give you any explanation? >> no, we received the notice from the committee as soon as it went out in a press release to the public. >> has the committee fallen apart in the past few months? >> i hate that that's true. >> is it true. >> yes. our ability to work together has crumbled and i attribute that -- the original sin will be the day after the james comey hearing when chairman nunes went to the white house and showed he wanted on the on their team not on the team that's supposed to have independence, a separate branch of government. >> republicans have felt very strongly that the democrats on the panel have leaked like a sieve. that they have come forward and just hit this whole subject like a drum all over table news trying to enhance their position and worsen the president's position.