if i was queen, wouldi would ge of every person in usa gymnastics. i don't think people realize that it is not that they only didn't report it and that this bill is going to be an amazing step and hopefully instill some fear into these people but not only lack of reporting it, it is knowing about it and taking it further to protecting the perpetrators. if steve penny, i know he re-signed but they are already talking about replacing him with people that would just rehire him anyway. i would want to make sure that the same types of people aren't going to be in charge of usa gymnastics. >> thank you, all. ible th i believe this is the order. i have it for the other side blumenthal and franken and horonal. is that wrong? i'll let you guys figure it out. >> she was here. >> if were you here, you go first. >> thank you very much, all of you. i come to this as a former prosecutor. thank you, mr. olsen. also, as the co-chair of the olympic caucus. i just want you to know that we are so proud of you. our athletes, for being willing to put yourself out like th

. >> i came there as an interested person veryrs anxious to see ho president trump wouldy do in hi first major foreign policy address. i believe he had only given him oneer major speech before, so i was an interesting time for me to observe his delivery and the message he would make. was my main purpose of being ythere. >> now youin reported two other meetingsth with ambassador kiss slee -- kislyak.h have you had any other interactions with government officialsm over the year in a campaignn capacity?>> i'm not asking you from a standpoint of your single life, in a campaign capacity. >> no, mr. chairman, i racked my brain to make sure i could answer any of those questions correctly, and p i did not. i would just offer a for you th when askedsi about whether i ha any meetings with the russians by the reporter in march, we immediately recalled the conversation, the encounter i had at the conventionic and be e me meeting in my office and made that g public. i never intended not to include that. i would have gladly reported the meeting, thewe encounter that m havet occurred, that some say occ

chairman, i i wouldy sa that since we have already had dismissals for wrongdoing, since there is ongoing internal investigations, the elements necessary to ask for a special prosecutor to, in fact, see what was done wrong already exists. >> the time of the gentleman has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from tennessee, mr. cohen, for five minutes. you, mr. chairman. first i want to thank you for your service to the country and for accepting the difficult position under the difficult circumstances that you have. has president trump ever communicated with you about removing robert mueller from his role as special counsel? >> congressman, i am not going discussing my communications with the president. but i can tell you that nobody has communicated to me a desire to remove robert mueller. >> you said you're not going to relate your conversations with president trump. how many conversations have you had since your appointment with president trump? >> i'm the deputy attorney general, congressman, and it's appropriate for me to talk with the president about law enforcement issues. an