strategy discussion to take place. i think it s most important that we do this in the most effective manner possible. i believe the jury is the american people because that drives the forces that perhaps drives the u.s. senate at the same time. it s really hard to overlook the mueller report. it is pretty clear to me that special counsel was hindered in indicting the president for obstruction simply because the department of justice doesn t allow such things in its regulations. i also think that if we don t hold this president accountable for all this, we have to look at what took place the day after the special counsel testified. that was the day the president called president zelensky. when he s not held accountable, i think he goes on to higher crimes and misdemeanors. all that being said, i think we file articles that are most effective, most appropriate no matter how the caucus debates
strategy discussion. look, we were there to discuss what we need to do to ensure that we protect the american people who want rising wages and safe streets. that is a very worthy reason to get together. we were building a strat bring to get border security outcomes that the president ran on. some senate democrats are interested in issues like the bridge@act, tps, who might be willing to come on board with a robust border security package, with a physical barrier, wall, whatever you want to call it. that s ultimately our path to success. look, in that room in 2015 called the wall childish. he said it was absurd. he said it wouldn t be effective. listen. and, by the way, the bottom line is the fence doesn t stop anybody who really wants to get across. you go under, around, through. that s what the ranchers tell us. they don t need a fence. what they need is more manpower, technology and more willingness to enforce the law as it exists
so let s get to it. as you heard here, about 90 minutes ago on cnn, the president said that the federal government has gotten too big and complicated. that s not a revelation but he says he can fix it by streamlining, consolidating, simplifying. he said a leaner government would create a leaner and better national security. congress didn t consolidate on its side so now the department of homeland security reports to over 100 different congressional panels. that s a lot of paperwork. that s a lot of reports to prepare. that s not adding value. it s not making us safer. well, congress will have to approve a rewrite and republicans promise a careful review of that. military investigators say that they have tracked down and interviewed at least two of the marines seen urinating on corpses in afghanistan. the video has gone viral. today the deputy commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan issued a directive, reminding troops, and i quote, we must treat the living and the dead wi