to help the safety and security of america s children. that s our focus. we re not weighing into other side bar conversations right now. sarah, i want to ask you about the syrian s involvement there. but two quick clarifications. to justin s point, when asked about whether the white house would meet the deadline, it sounded like you would let us know when you review it. but trey gowdy made that request two weeks ago i said i would let you know and get back tos yo s yoyou. so will the president give the authority to mike rogers to seek additional authorities? i m not going to get ahead of any specific direction by the president. but i can tell you that we are looking at a number of different things that we can do to prevent this from happening. and we re going to continue to be tough on russia, moving forward, just as we have been in this first year. and it sounds like you re open to doing that. the president is open to those additional authority requests m. open to? i m s
members of obama, and we re seeing the congressionals, their gyms being open, so the administration s obviously using this to punish those that actually are speaking out against them. listen, i ve got to tell you, i wish i could agree with you but i just don t. the reason why the congressional gym is open is because john boehner controls that. but the only people acting like fifth graders on the playground are the republican caucus and the house of representatives. they want to open things to allow them to run campaign ads in the next election so they can put out their political winds. at the end of the day, the president is trying to open the entire government and nobody can seem to answer the question why we shouldn t open up the entire government. that s not what the debate is about, though, you don t need to open up the entire government. and you have to admit, the priorities here are screwed up. you talk about stopping clinical trials, but keeping the gym open. it s like this
third of the 1700 of the staff members of obama, and we re seeing the congressionals, their gyms being open, so the administration s obviously using this to punish those that actually are speaking out against them. listen, i ve got to tell you, i wish i could agree with you but i just don t. the reason why the congressional gym is open is because john boehner controls that. but the only people acting like fifth graders on the playground are the republican caucus and the house of representatives. they want to open things to allow them to run campaign ads in the next election so they can put out their political winds. at the end of the day, the president is trying to open the entire government and nobody can seem to answer the question why we shouldn t open up the entire government. that s not what the debate is about, though, you don t need to open up the entire government. and you have to admit, the priorities here are screwed up. you talk about stopping clinical trials, but keepin
third of the 1700 of the staff members of obama, and we re seeing the congressionals, their gyms being open, so the administration s obviously using this to punish those that actually are speaking out against them. listen, i ve got to tell you, i wish i could agree with you but i just don t. the reason why the congressional gym is open is because john boehner controls that. but the only people acting like fifth graders on the playground are the republican caucus and the house of representatives. they want to open things to allow them to run campaign ads in the next election so they can put out their political winds. at the end of the day, the president is trying to open the entire government and nobody can seem to answer the question why we shouldn t open up the entire government. that s not what the debate is about, though, you don t need to open up the entire government. and you have to admit, the priorities here are screwed up. you talk about stopping clinical trials, but keepin