Please. Come to the microphone, senator. Senator mccain, could you come to the microphone . [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] just hearing from Senate Minority whip dick durbin commenting after the senators closeddoor briefing. Questions regarding whether this is turning that into account intelligence investigation or from the counterintelligence investigation to a criminal investigation. You heard senator Lindsey Graham offer that remark. Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein yesterday naming former fbi director Robert Mueller to be special counsel to handle the investigations into the trump administrations ties to russia but also the firing of fbi director james comey as investigation was just commencing and the firing of former nationals could advisor michael flynn. We are hoping to hear from arizona senator john mccain, Armed Service committee chair, but he declined to come to the microphone. Political reporting
Please. Come to the microphone, senator. Senator mccain, could you come to the microphone . [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] just hearing from Senate Minority whip dick durbin commenting after the senators closeddoor briefing. Questions regarding whether this is turning that into account intelligence investigation or from the counterintelligence investigation to a criminal investigation. You heard senator Lindsey Graham offer that remark. Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein yesterday naming former fbi director Robert Mueller to be special counsel to handle the investigations into the trump administrations ties to russia but also the firing of fbi director james comey as investigation was just commencing and the firing of former nationals could advisor michael flynn. We are hoping to hear from arizona senator john mccain, Armed Service committee chair, but he declined to come to the microphone. Political reporting
So ill make a comment about the latest tweet. Have you seen it . Okay. So apparently this morning President Trump tweeted out that he believes that president obama ordered wiretapping of his campai campaign. And that would be really . Yes, so i dont know what happened but i can only tell you the summary of the tweet. The president of the United States is claiming that the former president of the United States ordered wiretapping of his Campaign Last year. I dont know if it is true or not, but if it is true, illegally [ inaudible ] it would be the biggest political scandal since watergate. The other side the other side of the story, just be quiet, be quiet, if the former president of the United States was able to obtain a warrant lawfully to monitor Trumps Campaign for violating the law, that would be the biggest scandal since watergate. So heres the deal. As we get ready to talk to each other, im very worried. Im very worried that our president is suggesting that the former president h
Programming this past week. Nominee for Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein before the Senate Judiciary committee. We need to refrain from disparaging people unless it is necessary and justified in a case. So if we charge somebody with a crime, and it is appropriate to introduce evidence against them in court, we do it. If we dont charge them with a crime, we have a responsibility not to disparage their character. From the senate floor, Senate Minority whip dick durbin on president trumps revised travel ban. This new executive order includes some cosmetic changes, but the changes dont alter the fact that president trumps travel ban is still unconstitutional and still inconsistent with the values of this nation. House Speaker Paul Ryan on the Gop Health Care plan. So we said in 2016 to our citizens, to the american people, to our constituents, if you give us this chance, this opportunity, this is what we will do. Now is our chance and our opportunity to do it. Senator chris murphy on
This sandrule what steps if any you have taken on this rule to make sure consumers are fully informed. I believe that is under the protection jurisdiction. We havent been actively involved in it. I do meet regularly with the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to make sure that were not at odds, and were also member of the committee together, which allows us to Exchange Ideas at that level. But were not directly involved in that. Im sure that youre focused more on Real Estate Lending than some of the more general folks involved, and they benefit from your input. Your predecessor pushed for a lower conforming loan limit. You demonstrated your wisdom in going in a different direction. And action that has done more than anything else to impress me with your wisdom. Do you see that ugly proposal rearing its head again any time soon . Well, it has to, because it has to be reviewed regularly. We are almost constantly in the process of reviewing loan limits. So, yes, it will