court, and public-policy events in washington dc at around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> coming up tonight on c-span2, monday's meeting of the house rules committee on the resolution to make the robert mueller report to congress and the public when it's released. ... ... tomorrow the house of representatives will begin work on age congress 24 a nonbinding resolution which calls for special counsel robert moyers report to be made available to the public.
monday the house rules committee considered the resolution and heard from judiciary committee doug collins. and steve cohen chair of the judiciary subcommittee on the constitution. hour.eeting is under an [inaudible] >> the rules committee will come to order. nearly two years ago former fbi director robert morley under mueller. was to take over the russian interference in 2016 presidential election.pr we know, no matter what the president says on twitter the facts are clear.
together in advance things in a bipartisan way. on substance again, i would say is premature because this nonbinding, i have no problem and i tend to vote for, i made the same calls that you mentioned in other republicans ma. the only caveat i would add is because of the sensitive nature of some of the material that has been looked at there might be sources in the issue and that's in my view what the attorney general might be looking at to make sure we don't inadvertently expose asset or some technique they give their opponent some sort of advantage in understanding how we get the information that we have. again, i would prefer to wait until we actually had the report but again i have no objections the calling for the release of as much of it that may be practical for people to have a look at. i do think we are wasting a lot of time this week.
report. the whole purpose of appointing special counsel to oversee the top russian investigation was to ensure the american public would have full confidence in the integrity of the investigation. the acting attorney general stated that mr. mueller was appointed in order for the american people to have full confidence in the t outcome. and to ensure government officials administer the law fairly. the american public can only have confidence in the process in the outcome of the investigation to department of justice is transparent. failing to provide a account of the findings with other mind the american public's confidence in the entire process and defeat the great purpose for which the special counsel was appointed. the transparency is critical aspect of the special counsel regulations and release of the report would be constant with the intent of the regulations. department of justice commentary stresses that the importance of the ensuring congressional and public confidence in the integrity of the process.
is looking forward and said he has done nothing wrong. i think this will follow up on that. with that, i think if this is what we need to vote on this week, so be it. i joined my ranking member, there -- i would love to have damages to markup hr one judiciary. as far as this goes i am dealing with my friend from tennessee, there will be things i'm sure we will disagree on probably as we go along, that what may or may not come out. and i think the general from tennessee brought that up. investigative and we will deal with those as they come up but simply talking about a report coming up. we really have nothing to say except a restatement of the law. appreciate it and i yield back. >> i appreciated as well. and i think that you see more comforted by the attorney general's confirmation hearings than i do when it comes to releasing the mueller report. i hope you're right.
time, but a week ago we were all spun up that the it was going to be out friday, this past thursday it was going to be out friday. now we are talking about what is happening this week that may give usy. a lead, it isn't going to give us anything. mueller has playeds his cards d rightly he should. in the simple fact of the matter that there will come a day when he will issue a report and i believe that this resolution helps the american publics understand that we as democrats want to be assured that they are going to receive as much of the mueller information as is. possible. and i would hope that that message is carried back to mr. barr and that he doesn't give us a snapshot summary of whatever it is that mueller does, whatever he does, whenever he does it. thank you.
>> thank you. mr. cole. >> thank you very much. there's not a great deal and what my friend had to say that i would disagree with. i have been on record repeatedly that as soon as they can get something done -- obviously -- and nobody this dais would want anybody that intelligence technique or the assets be exposed, that's not the intent. this ought to be as complete and thorough and open as possible. i might disagree slightly with my friend, i would be careful about mentioning people who are accused of a crime. that ispe usually the way the authorities -- i certainly yield to my friend. >> well -- >> to reclaim my time, usually, if you're having an investigation, if you don't charge w is something you don't mention it. that is just the way the authorities -- matter fact i think we probably both agree that too bad mr. cho meeting of father follow that dictate in the last presidential election.
of congress resolution on something or another. he he said gentlemen, this is to sending a get well card to the agency in question. so i would just offer that, as words from a former representative mcdermott of washington state, i think he may been onto something. earlier today, the speaker of the house talking about and to be honest that's what were talking about here. we are hoping that the mueller report will have delivered to you sufficient grounds to proceed with the impeachment hearings and your committee. speaker pelosi, earlier today said that impeachment is too divisive and president trump is not worth it. so, okay? that is interesting.
>> sir, i didn't think he could win, that's not why i'm upset, i'm upset with what he said about people who find people on both sides of charlottesville and i'm upset about what he said about muslim people, i'm upset because what he said about women, i'm upset with his policies concerning children and their opportunities. i'm upset with him for saying that he hadn't taken food and he would never lied about interfering with our elections, i'm upset with him for so many other reason, not for the fact i'm he won the election,r upset how he served as president. >> and yet, in every election that i can recall since i came to congress, your side has talked about rebuilding theut middle class, and doggone it, this individual has done more to rebuild the middle class than any presidency since i've been in office. let's go a little bit further, you detail these things that you don't like about the president, this is the first president that has signed major six cell legislation in decades.
and be involved in it, or you think is pulled completely innocent and do nothing about it,ky or whether you think he'sa lucky guy, it's irrelevant, american needs to know what happened to us in the 2016 election so we can prevent it from happening again in the 2020 election and after that and so one. i just hope that we can maintain the bipartisan unity co, the overwhelming unity that we had last week and denouncing anti-semitism and other forms of hatred, by saying, we need the truth about what happened. let's release the mueller report. i yield back. -- i do think mr. cohen and mr. collins for the great work. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i have a question for both mr. collins and mr. cohen. when i was studying up on this resolution, i was reading something from the past and why we have the regulations we do now on the special counsel.
appears to bef surrounded the companion of the term campaign. [inaudible] >> the most independent investigators because the government is not doing the t investigating. i strongly support these bills. >> i just want to thank mr. colon's and mr. cohen for bringing us together in this manner. >> thank you mr. collins. >> i would just like to add one thing for clarification, we have only had one other special counsel, that was in waco.
chair may at any time to clear the house adjourned to meet at a date and time to be announced for the chair in declaring an adjournment. section three of the rule provides that the speaker may appoint members to perform the duties of the chair for the duration of the period addressed by section two. >> thank you. we just heard from the gentleman of california. the rule provides consideration of h conrad's 24. a resolution expressing the state of congress should be made available to the public and congress under a cold underclothes rule.ble rill this clarifies that the resolution is calling for the release a special counsel's findings as was the case in previous releases or reports under the special counsel regulations. by adding the phrase including findings. so you heard thedede motion of e gentleman from california. is there any amendment or discussion? >> hearing none, all those in favor say i. >> i. >> all opposed say no mr. do dzhokhar tsarnaev will be carrying us with the majority.
>> here's a look at the agenda for congress, the house begins a debate on the resolution supporting the disclosure of special counsel robert mueller's final report on russian interference in the u.s. election. the attorney general has this question on how the report is released. a final vote on the nonbinding resolution expected thursday. in the senate, executive nominations including naomi route to be a judge on the d.c. circuit. on thursday, senators vote on a house passed resolution to block president trumps deprivation and prevent unappropriated funds being used to construct a border wall. at least four republicans plan to vote in favor of the resolution meaning it is likely to pass if all democrats although still vote in favor. the president has said he will veto it. as always you can follow the house live on c-span in the senate live on c-span2.
The House Rules Committee approved a set of rules for debate and consideration of H.Con.Res.24, a non-binding resolution which calls for special counsel Robert Mueller's report to be made available to the public and Congress. Lawmakers testifying before the committee included Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) and Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution.