GOOD EVENING, SIR. >> HEY, GRETA, HOW ARE YOU
DOING? >> I'M FINE.
TELL ME FIRST OF ALL YOUR OVERALL THOUGHTS TODAY ABOUT THE
STATEMENT JAMES COMEY HAS RELEASED OR THE COMMITTEE HAS
RELEASED AND HE'S GOING TO DELIVER TOMORROW BEFORE THE
SENATE INTEL. >> I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO
READ IT. I HAVE BEEN BRIEFED ON IT.
I'M GOING TO GET THROUGH IT TONIGHT.
BEEN A LITTLE BUSY HERE IN THE CAPITAL.
FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN BRIEFED ON, SOUNDS LIKE IT'S MUCH OF WHAT'S
WILL NOT BEEN REPORTED, BUT IT'S FAIRLY RICH AND DETAIL IN COLOR.
BUT THE SUBSTANCE SEEMS TO ME FROM WHAT I'VE UNDERSTOOD
SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN HEARING.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S IN THE STATEMENTS AND I ANALYZED
THE STATEMENT -- WE HAVEN'T HEARD THE PRESIDENT'S SIDE OF
IT. MAYBE WE HAVE IN PART ON
TWITTER. HE SAID ON JANUARY 27th THE
PRESIDENT SAID, I NEED LOYALTY, I EXPECT LOYALTY, AND IS
FOLLOWED BY SOME AWKWARD SILENCE.
IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR THE PRESIDENT TO ASK FOR A QUESTION
OF LOYALTY FROM THE FBI DIRECTOR?
>> YEAH, NO. OBVIOUSLY I DON'T THINK THAT IS.
I THINK DIRECTOR COMEY WILL
PROBABLY GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT TOMORROW WOULD BE MY
GUESS. I DON'T THINK THAT'S NEW.
THAT WAS ALREADY REPORTED ON. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT
WAS IN "THE NEW YORK TIMES," GOSH, A MONTH OR TWO AGO.
>> I THINK THE BIG DIFFERENCE HERE IS WE ARE NOT HEARING IT
FROM ANONYMOUS SOURCES -- >> THAT'S RIGHT, THE DIFFERENCE
IS WE'RE GETTING IT -- TOMORROW YOU'LL HAVE IT LIVE AND IN
PERSON. SO, IT'S NOT DIFFERENCE IN
SUBSTANCE BUT DIFFERENCE HEARING IT IT STRAIGHT FROM THE DIRECTOR
HIMSELF. YES, FBI DIRECTORS ARE SUPPOSED
TO BE INDEPENDENT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY,
VERY CRITICAL. I THINK THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A NEW
PERSON THAT'S BEEN ANNOUNCED, RAY, WHO SEEMS TO FIT THE BILL
FOR AN INDEPENDENT PROSECUTOR CAREER PROFESSIONAL TYPE BECAUSE
WE TYPICALLY LOOK FOR SOMEONE WHO IS GOING TO BE INDEPENDENT,
BUT ALSO THAT THAT POSITION IS TREATED INDEPENDENTLY.
THIS OBVIOUSLY CROSSES THAT. >> AND I SUPPOSE THE THERE WILL
BE FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS AS WELL, NOT JUST AN ANONYMOUS SOURCE.
ONE OF THE THINGS HE IS SAYING IN HIS STATEMENT IS THAT ON
FEBRUARY 14th, HE SAID THE PRESIDENT SAID, I HOPE YOU CAN
LET THIS GO. THIS IS AFTER CLEARING THE ROOM
AND MAKING REFERENCE TO THE GENERAL MICHAEL FLYNN
INVESTIGATION. >> YEAH, AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT WE'D HEARD BEFORE. I THINK -- LOOK, I THINK WE HAVE
ALREADY ESTABLISHED JIM COMEY IS A VERY INDEPENDENT GUY.
SO, THE FACT THAT HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING AT THE PARTICULAR TIME
WHEN THAT CONVERSATION TOOK PLACE, I THINK IS NOTE WORTHY.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS ALL PART OF -- OF EVERYTHING THAT'S BEING
INVESTIGATED, THIS IS WHY WE HAVE NOW AN INDEPENDENT COUNSEL.
WE HAVE AN INVESTIGATION IN THE HOUSE.
WE HAVE AN INVESTIGATION IN THE SENATE.
MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T PREJUDGE ANYTHING AND LET THE
FACTS GO WHEREVER THEY ARE -- WHEREVER THEY MAY BE.
>> HOW DO WE MAKE THAT DETERMINATION?
IT IS SUCH A DIVIDED COUNTRY. EVERYONE HAS MADE UP THEIR MINDS
COMEY IS TELLING THE TRUTH OR NOT TELLING THE TRUTH, THE
PRESIDENT IS TELLING THE TRUTH, NOT TELLING THE TRUTH.
FOR YOU, HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO TO BELIEVE?
>> WELL, AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO SEE ALL THE CONTEXT AND ALL OF
THE WITNESSES THAT ARE GOING TO BE INVESTIGATED IN THIS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT BOB MUELLER I THINK IS LOOKING AT.
AS YOU SEE ROD ROSENSTEIN WHO IS THE ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL IN
THIS PARTICULAR CASE WHO IS THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL, HE HAS
ASKED THE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL TO LOOK INTO THIS VERY SPECIFIC
ISSUE AND THE FIRING OF COMEY. SO,, THAT'S SOMETHING -- THAT
INVESTIGATION HAS JUST BEGUN. THE WAY I LOOK AT THIS, LET THE
FACTS GO WHEREVER THEY ARE AND LET'S WAIT TILL WE MAKE FINAL
JUDGMENT TILL WE SEE ALL OF THE EVIDENCE AND ALL THE FACTS AFTER
THEY'VE BEEN FLESHED OUT. >> I'M GOING TO GET TO THE
LEGISLATION ABOUT -- THAT YOU'RE ADVOCATING.
BEFORE THAT, YOU WERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE YESTERDAY.
WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PRESIDENT OR DISCUSSION WITH
THE PRESIDENT ABOUT RUSSIA, FLYNN, COMEY, THE INVESTIGATION,
DID HE MENTION IT AT ALL? >> NO, NOT AT ALL.
WE WERE BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT A LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, THE
APPROPRIATION, THE DEBT LIMIT, TAX REFORM, HEALTH CARE.
BASICALLY THE SUMMER AGENDA FOR CONGRESS.
THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE DISCUSSED.
LIKE THE BILL WE ARE BRINGING TO THE FLOOR TOMORROW, THE
FINANCIAL CHOICE ACT, THAT IS A MAJOR AMOUNT OF REGULATORY
RELIEF FOR COMMUNITY BANKS. WE ARE LOSING ABOUT ONE
COMMUNITY BANK A DAY. THAT'S HOW BUSINESSES GET THEIR
CAPITAL. IT IS CLOGGING UP CREDIT.
THIS IS OUR REPLACE THE TO THE DODD-FRANK LAW WHICH EMPHASIZES
TOO BIG TO FAIL. IT MAKES IT HARD FOR SMALL BANKS
TO COMPETE AND GIVE CREDIT TO SMALL BUSINESSES.
THAT IS WHY WE ARE SO STRONG GETTING THIS DONE, MAKING THIS
WORK. WE THINK IT'S CRITICAL FOR
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND THAT IS THE BILL WE'RE BRINGING THROUGH
TOMORROW. THE POINT I'D SAY IN ALL THIS
TALK ABOUT COMEY AND RUSSIA AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WE'RE STILL
HERE DOING OUR JOBS IN CONGRESS. WE'RE STILL HERE DOING THE JOBS
THAT PEOPLE ASKED US TO DO, WHICH IS TO SOLVE THEIR
PROBLEMS. IN MIDDLE AMERICA, IN WISCONSIN,
YOU COME FROM JAMESVILLE, WISCONSIN WHERE I COME FROM,
SMALL BUSINESSES AREN'T GETTING THE CREDIT THEY NEED TO EXPAND
AND HIRE PEOPLE BECAUSE COMMUNITY BANKS ARE ARE BEING
OVERREGULATED AND WE'RE FIXING THAT PROBLEM TOMORROW.
>> ALL RIGHT. THE PRESIDENT AT LEAST ACCORDING
TO COMEY SAYS HE WANTS COMEY TO GET THE RUSSIAN MATTER BEHIND
HIM BECAUSE THERE IS A CLOUD SORT OF HANGING OVER HIM.
IS THAT CLOUD INHIBITING, SIR, THE PROGRESS OF LEGISLATION?
>> NOT AT ALL. >> WHAT IS THIS CLOUD, THIS
CLOUD HAS BEEN THE PRESIDENT'S SIDE OF PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AND
NOT SO MUCH YOURS? >> YEAH, I CAN'T SPEAK TO IT.
I'LL LET HIM SAY WHAT HE MEANT WHEN HE SAID THAT.
BUT IT DOESN'T AFFECT US BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE CAN WALK AND
CHEW GUM AT THE SAME TIME. WE HAVE ALL THESE COMMITTEES
DOING THEIR JOBS. WE HAVE THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE DOING THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION.
YOU HAVE THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE DOING THE SAME.
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL.
WHILE MEANWHILE THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE BROUGHT THIS
BANK REGULATORY REFORM BILL TO THE FLOOR TOMORROW.
SO, WE'RE SITTING HERE DOING OUR JOBS, FOCUSING ON FIXING
PEOPLE'S PROBLEMS, WHILE THESE INVESTIGATIONS ARE ALSO BEING
CONDUCTED. SO, THE POINT I'D SAY IS -- I
THINK THE PRESIDENT WAS PRETTY FRUSTRATED OBVIOUSLY.
I THINK THAT FLESHES THAT OUT HE WAS TOLD THREE TIMES HE WASN'T
THE SUBJECT OF INVESTIGATION. SO HE'S VERY FRUSTRATED WITH IT.
BUT THAT DOES N'T CLOUD US UP HERE IN CONGRESS.
WE'VE ALWAYS HAD INVESTIGATIONS OF VARIOUS ISSUES WHILE WE
SIMULTANEOUSLY WORK ON LEGISLATION.
WE WERE ON A COHERENT AGENDA, HOW TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF
POVERTY, GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK, GET THE ECONOMY IN FASTER
WAGE GROWTH. ONE THIS IS ONE OF THE CROWN
JEWELS OF OUR ECONOMIC PLATFORM. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT MANY
YEARS, WORKING ON IT THIS YEAR AND BRINGING IT TO THE FLOOR TO
PASS IT. IT IS PROOF WE ARE DOING THE
THINGS PEOPLE ASKED US TO DO WHILE WE DO THIS OTHER OVERSIGHT
WORK WHICH CONGRESS IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR.
>> OKAY. THE OVERSIGHT, I HAVE ONE MORE
QUESTION ON THE OVERSIGHT. I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THE FACTS
ARE GOING TO FALL, AND LIKE YOU, I'LL WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
IT'S LIKE AN OPENING STATEMENT IN THE COURTROOM.
HOWEVER, IF IT TURNS OUT WHAT COMEY HAS SET FORTH TURNS OUT TO
BE SOMETHING CREDIBLE, CORROBORATED AND THAT YOU
BELIEVE IT TO BE TRUE AND THAT ALL THESE THINGS HAPPENED THAT
HE SETS FORTH IN THE OPENING STATEMENT, THEN WHAT?
>> LOOK, I'M NOT GOING TO PREJUDGE ANY OF THIS BECAUSE WE
HAVE INVESTIGATIONS THAT ARE JUST IN THE OFFING.
SO, THE LAST THING I'M GOING TO DO AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IS
PREDETERMINE OR PREJUDGE OR PREJUDICE EVIDENCE THAT I
HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN YET. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THOROUGH
OVERSIGHT AND THOROUGH INVESTIGATIONS.
SO, LET THESE INVESTIGATIONS GO WHEREVER THE FACTS TAKE THEM AND
THEN LETS A.M. MAKE SOME JUDGMENTS.
IN THE MEANTIME, I'M MAKING SURE CONGRESS DOES WHAT WE'RE
SUPPOSED TO DO, FIX PROBLEMS. THAT'S WHY WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT
THE BANK REFORM AND HELP COMMUNITIES GET THE CREDIT THEY
NEED TO GROW SMALL BUSINESSES. THAT IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THE
THINGS WE'RE DOING HERE TO MAKE SURE WE STILL WORK ON THE
PEOPLE'S PROBLEMS. >> ALL RIGHT.
IN TERMS OF TOO BIG TO FAIL, ARE YOU HOPING THAT JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT -- THIS IS SORT OF A RANDOM QUESTION THAT IS GOING TO
GET MORE AGGRESSIVE IN FIGHTING MERGERS AND BEING MORE
AGGRESSIVE IN ANTITRUST? WE'VE SEEN SO MANY THINGS LIKE
THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY CONSOLIDATE AND WHICH I THINK HAS AN IMPACT
ON THE COME SUPER. >> YEAH.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE ANTITRUST DIVISION?
>> I SPENT A LOT OF TIME WHEN I WAS YOUNGER STUDYING ANTITRUST
LAWS. YOU DID IT FROM THE JUDICIARY
STANDPOINT. IT DEPENDS ON THE MARKET.
HOW BIG THE MARKET IS AND HOW COMPETITIVE IT IS.
SO, IT REALLY IS -- YOU CAN'T TAKE JUST A CRUDE 20th CENTURY
VIEW OF MARKETS. WE ARE IN THE 21st DIGITALTAL
CENTURY. SOMETIMES COMPANIES MUST GROW OR
THEY DIE. AND THE QUESTION IS ARE THEY
GETTING UNDUE MARKET POWER WHERE THEY ARE BECOMING MONOPOLISTIC.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE A JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND ANTITRUST LAWS
FOR THAT VERY PURPOSE. >> ALL RIGHT.
NEXT WEEK IT LOOKS LIKE THE SENATE IS GOING TO VOTE ON
POSSIBLE SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA. YOUR POSITION ON THAT AND TO
PUNISH RUSSIA FOR THE HACKING AND ALSO WILL YOUR ASSESSMENT OF
WHETHER THERE REALLY WILL BE TAX REFORM BY THE END OF THE YEAR?
>> YES ON YOUR LAST ONE, WE WILL HAVE TAX REFORM BY THE END OF
THE YEAR. WE'RE WORKING DILIGENTLY ON THAT
BETWEEN THE HOUSE, THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
AND AS FAR AS RUSSIA, YOU KNOW ME I'M VERY MUCH OF A RUSSIA
HAWK. I THINK RUSSIA DID MEDDLE IN OUR
EE, ALEXISS. THAT'S THE PRIMARY CORE OF OUR
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION. WHAT WE NEED TO DETERMINE IS NOT
JUST WHETHER THEY DID IT, WE KNOW THAT.
IT'S WHAT DID THEY DO, HOW DID THEY DO IT, HOW DO WE PREVENT IT
FROM HAPGT AGAIN. AND THEN HOW DO WE HELP OUR
ALLIES SO THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN TO THEM.
THEY TRIED TO MEDDLE IN THE FRENCH ELECTION A MONTH AGO.
>> WE CAN STUDY IT TO DEATH. THAT INTERCEPT DOCUMENT WHICH
WAS JUST LEAKED, AT LEAST I THINK EXPOSES RUSSIA.
I THINK EVERYONE AGREES. YOU SAID RUSSIA HAS BEEN DOING
IT. THE SANCTIONS FORM OF
PUNISHMENT, IS THAT THE EXTENT OF THEIR PUNISHMENT, DO WE KEEP
CRANKING -- >> BECAUSE WE'RE NOT DONE
FINDING OUT EXACTLY WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND HOW THEY DID IT.
THESE THINGS DO TAKE TIME AND SO WE DO NEED TO GET TO THE BOTTOM
OF EXACTLY WHAT WERE THEIR SOURCES AND METHODS THE RUSSIANS
USED. IT'S ALL OFFER THE WORLD, GRETA,
TO TRY AND UNDERMINE DEMOCRACY. I PERSONALLY THINK PUTIN'S PLAN
IS TO TRY AND DEE LEGITIMATIZE DEMOCRACY, UNDERMINE IT ALL OVER
THE WORLD SO WHEN THEY FURTHER DELEGITIMATIZE THEIR POLITICAL
SYSTEM, THEY CAN SAY IT'S LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE'S.
I THINK IT'S A DEFENSE MECHANISM AND THEY'RE TRYING TO DIVIDE THE
WEST, DIVIDE NATO AND EUROPE. OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T LET THEM GET
AWAY WITH IT. I THINK SANCTIONS ARE CALLED FOR
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE THEM.
BUT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THEIR SOURCES AND
METHODS OF DELEGITIMATIZATION CAMPAIGN IS.
HOW DID THEY DISRUPT, WHY DID THEY DO IT SO WE CAN HELP OUR
ALLIES FROM HAPPENING TO THEM. WE HAVE THE UNIQUE OF ASSISTING,
NOT JUST FRANCE, BUT ASTONIA TO MAKE SURE THE RUSSIANS CAN'T
INTERFERE WITH THEIR REPUBLICS, WITH THEIR DEMOCRACIES.
THAT IS GOING TO TAKE US SOME TIME TO FIGURE OUGHT OF THIS
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