united states congress ought to act on it. we have highways and our bridges are crumbling in this country. it's something we generally agree on but the democrats probably don't want the president to take any credit for that, so that's not likely to happen. it's unfortunate taking up all this time on impeachment when there are so many other things we ought to bey working on for the benefit of the american people. >> for what purpose does mr. jordan seek recognition? >> i yield to the ranking member. >> i want to say it is amazing, though, to hear they've gotten sensitive about process oney th majority side whenon we pointed out the tragedy and the travesty of being a rubber stamp in this committee and the gentleman fro florida brought out a couple things. let me remindout as he said a minutes ago the white house is going to send everything, no, it all goes through the whim of the chairman and the majority. they can't send anybody they want. it all goes through their majority opinion. i give back to the gentleman.