but i think there will be a cascade of court decisions against this administration on the attorney general and wilbur ross and steve mnuchin and the tax returns and also -- >> i want to be precise, if the actor of dni refuses to comply, would you subpoena the inspector general and force the inspector general to come before your committee and release details of the issue? >> that is one of the options out there. and again i'll leave it to the chairman to decide. and my message if the acting dni is listening today, do the right thing. do not allow this president and the administration to bully you into do anything lawless. >> i mention there is a history over the past two and a half years of administration rejecting house requests for specific information including subpoenas. we saw corey lewandowksi's testimony yesterday. he refused to answer a whole bunch of questions. and the democrats didn't seem to know how to handle him appropriately. what is the next step, what are you going going to do in. >> he may be held in contempt