am. mark judge has provided sworn statements saying this didn't happen and that i never did or would do -- >> but we would like the fbi to be able to follow up and ask him questions. you know -- we talked about past nomination processes and you talked about those and i note that president george bush in the anita hill/justice thomas case, he opened up the fbi investigation and let questions being asked. and i think it was helpful for people. so was his decision reasonable? >> i don't know the circumstances of that. what i know, senator, is i'm -- >> but he just -- the circumstances are that he opened up the investigation so the fbi could ask some questions. that's what he -- he opened up the background check. >> i'm here to answer questions about my yearbook or about, you know, what i -- >> okay. that's -- >> or sports or, you know, summer basketball. >> okay. i'm not going to ask about the yearbook. so most people have done some