gro growth. a very good idea. >> technically a government shutdown could have a severe impact on the efforts to combat the pandemic. parts of the cdc, parts of the nih could be forced to close temporarily if that funding were to expire. if democrats were to bring up a clean government funding bill, separate from the debt ceiling debate, because you said you objected to the idea that they were being pushed together, would you vote for that government funding bill? >> i might very well. in fact, i think republicans will offer a clean continuing resolution that funds the government. you know, i've discovered in this place where wha is desc described as a clean bill seldom is a clean bill. the gist of your argument, the gist of your question about whether republicans would support a clean continuation of funding, the answer is there would be a lot of republican votes for that. >> all right. i do want to ask you about a couple other topics, because this week we learned that a conservative lawyer working for trump's legal team, john