not a house party. >> so if you ask me a question, give me the opportunity to answer your question. >> i'd like my time restored please of his interruption. so he was a witness to the special counsel's investigation. for that reason, sessions said publicly that federal law prohibited his involvement in the special counsel's investigation. here's a quote from the report fro volume 2 pages 49-50 which is on the screen. you can read that. yes or no, did the president tell you the attorney general was not allowed to take part in the special counsel's investigation when the president asked you to deliver the note about that investigation. did the president tell you that? >> you just read it on the screen, congress woman. >> you need to look at the screen. yes or no? read the screen. >> you're welcome to read it, congress woman.