have you ever been asked to approve action against the special counsel? mr. chairman, i see that your five minutes is up. . [laughter] chris: two questions. does the president recognize that congress has a legitimate oversight role in addition to its legislative role and that it s an aggressive legislative role? and two, what did you think of attorney general whitaker s behavior in that hearing? the present absolute agrees with the concept that the congress has the right to do oversight. but that s not his point point he s not trying to discourage them from doing it if you think you have a choice. we can work together on legislation or spend your time doing investigations but you can t do both. chris: now wait, you can do both. they ve done both plenty of times.
have you ever been asked to approve action against the special counsel? mr. chairman, i see that your five minutes is up. . [laughter] chris: two questions. does the president recognize that congress has a legitimate oversight role in addition to its legislative role and that it s an aggressive legislative role? and two, what did you think of attorney general whitaker s behavior in that hearing? the present absolute agrees with the concept that the congress has the right to do oversight. but that s not his point point he s not trying to discourage them from doing it if you think you have a choice. we can work together on legislation or spend your time doing investigations but you can t do both. chris: now wait, you can do both. they ve done both plenty of times.
do you know what kind of damage has been done to children and families across this country, children who will never get to see their parents again, do you understand the magnitude of that? i understand that the policy of zero tolerance has the justice department started tracking parents and legal guardians who were separated from their children at the border? the time of the gentle lady has expired. the witness may answer the question. congresswoman, i appreciate your passion for this issue and i know that you have been very involved in the front lines of this issue. this is about more than my passion. this is about the children s future, mr. whitaker. joining me now is congresswoman, pramila jayapal democrat from washington state. thank you so much for being here tonight. appreciate it. thank you, joy. watching that exchange between yourself and acting attorney general whitaker, there s this incredible contrast between how impassioned you are, and we re
interfered in any way with the special counsel s investigation. that was the line from matthew whitaker, the acting attorney general also testifying that he had provided no insight about the mueller probe to the trump administration. whitaker refused to discuss his conversations with trump among other issues. prompting jerry nadler, joining me for more on whitaker s testimony former federal judge nancy gurtner. there has been universal condemnation of this testimony as ill advised and ill prepared and ill executed. i wonder if there was anything in it that tells you whether or not this gentleman poses a threat to the future mueller probe. i see that your five minutes
so, with the rather lengthy list of congressional investigations into the president s actions, can you tell me what s coming up next for the judiciary committee on which you sit? well, the good news is that we have a robust agenda, both substantively and in oversight. this week we re going to be looking at homeland security and the issue of immigration and separation of families at the border, that inhumane policy that this administration under jeff sessions and acting attorney general whitaker put in place separating children from their parents at the border. we want to get clarity on that. how many children have taken place in that separation, how many have been reunited. i actually had the chance to speak to acting attorney general afterwards, after our hearing. i wanted to be sure to introduce myself, and i spoke with him about that policy. i didn t get clarity on whether or not we have ended the policy of family separation, and my suggestion to him was on his way out the door,