congressional leadership on both sides, and chairs of the house and senate intelligence committees should have been informed. listen. had this escalated, had something on wrong, had we gotten into a firefight with the russians, it s to the administration s to say we infos were going in. they were aware of the risks. we at least gave them the chance to provide feedback. that wasn t done here. the white house kept congressional notification to a minimum even on the republican side, telling only lindsey graham, who played golf with the president on saturday, and the senate intelligence committee chairman remember in advance of what was going to happen. raymond berg. richard burr. sorry. bill: john roberts from northline. california congresswoman katie hill announcing her resignation over a sex scandal. democrat freshman step down