that path, then we'll follow the senate rule. i would have no choice but to take it up. >> still with us, we've asked our print colleagues, philip rucker and katie benner to hang around for one more round of questioning. phil, let's talk about the democrats in the house. every minute we're watching and listening to schiff, we're not watching or listening to nadler, who happens to chair the judiciary committee. famously, when that committee had their moment of moral high ground, snubbed by the attorney general, they answered with an empty chair for emphasis and a bucket of chicken, which kind of ruined the moment. do you think there is some strategy behind pelosi's assignment? >> there seems to be, brian. i mean, part of the reason for the assignment is that this issue of the ukraine call and the whistle-blower complaint seems to fall squarely in the lap of the house intelligence committee. so, it's only natural,