people with pre-existing conditions, driving down the high cost of prescription drugs. these are areas we've passed legislation this month. at the same time we recognize in the new majority that the house is a separate and coequal branch of government. we don't work for donald trump. we work for the american people. we have a constitutional responsibility to serve as a check and balance on a potentially out of control executive branch. we will not overreach. we will not over-investigate. we'll proceed as speaker pelosi has eloquently laid out methodically yet aggressively to get to the truth. >> is it possible you're making a political acalculation about impeachment and that in itself is something to -- i mean, i open my monologue here about the iraq war debate. and democrats, many of them were convinced to make a political decision that down the road they would regret. what seemed like good politics in the moment.