Every Member of this House can conduct -- you have always had my strong support to investigate, review anything under our jurisdiction, and I strongly support that.
MR. QUIGLEY: And if the chairman will give me a little due diligence since I have yielded. I am just reading under "Investigations," 9(a), "The committee shall conduct investigations only if approved by the chair in consultation with the ranking minority member." I am not sure when that ever happened, sir.
But let me ask you another question with the greatest respect. When you, as the majority, conceived of doing this memo for release to the body and to the public, the preparation, the thought of doing it, the consultation of it, was any of this done after/during conversations or consultations with anyone in the White House?
Did they have any idea you were doing this? Did they talk about doing this with you? Did they suggest it? Did you suggest it to them? Did you consult in deciding how to go toward with this before, during, and after this point right now?
I yield.
THE CHAIRMAN: I would just answer, as far as I know, no.
And I would also say that we are well aware that the minority has not wanted to conduct this investigation by the public opposition to the subpoenas that we issued back in August that were clearly looking into matters of FISA abuse and other matters.
MR. QUIGLEY: Mr. Chairman, does that mean that none of the staff members that worked for the majority had any consultation, communication at all with the White House?
THE CHAIRMAN: The chair is not going to entertain --
UNCLASSIFIED
